In the northern corner of Terengganu where the district of Setiu sits, a type of sedge which locals call kercut grows wild in swampy areas. Villagers harvest the long-stemmed grass for weaving mats. But as gelam forest – the water-logged areas in which the sedge thrives – diminishes, the sedge may become scarce in future.
Should that happen, it would put an end to the tradition of kercut weaving. And that is just one of a myriad of changes that could happen here as the land undergoes massive transformation.
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