Cultural organisation Pusaka launches online resource to document traditional arts

The Kumpulan Wayang Kulit Sri Warisan Pusaka from Machang, Kelantan, performed the Hikayat Maharaja Wana in Texas, Florida and Georgia in early 2015. Photo: Cheryl Hoffmann

How often do elders lecture the younger generation on the importance on “knowing your roots”, without actually going into the nitty gritty of it all? How familiar is their lament on how traditions are falling by the wayside and being discarded in favour of shiny, brighter things?

But speak to Eddin Khoo, founder and director of KL-based cultural organisation Pusaka, and you will see that his take is far from the gloom and doom version of “saving” our cultural heritage.