Inspiring talks in their mother tongue

Music lecturer and violinist Joanne Yeoh performing Hacken Lee’s ‘Red Sun’ for the cheering crowd .

RECORDING traditional games played around Malaysia, their rules and variations, and ensuring they live on in the young generation may seem like a lost cause in the smartphone era.

But it has taken surprising root, said I-Ching and Chinese folklore expert Chang Kim Wah, one of the 18 speakers who shared their ideas and experiences across various topics at TEDxPetalingStreet’s 2015 – the first TEDx event in Malaysia to be conducted in Chinese.