“There are certainly those little uncanny things that happen, moments that make your hair stand on end and you feel a different kind of energy in the air,” says Nirmala Karuppiah, a photographer and filmmaker, as she recalls the various late-night assignments she has undertaken through the years photographing traditional dance performances in Malaysia.
She reminisces about a visit to a Mak Yong/Main Puteri ceremony in a village outside of Kota Baru, Kelantan and documenting a Cantonese opera show in a temple situated beside a graveyard in one of Perak’s small towns.
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