The Arka Kinari, a 70-tonne sailing ship turned floating cultural platform, will soon dock in Langkawi, Kedah with its timely message about climate change impacts and reviving ancestral practices.
The husband-and-wife creative duo behind the project, Grey Filastine, 53, and Nova Ruth, 43, have been sailing around the world since 2019. Their ship is named after the Latin word arka, meaning “vessel,” and kinari, the Sanskrit term for a mythological half-human, half-bird musician that guards the Tree of Life.
