Traditional art form emerging from shadows of the past

Keeping up with the times: Children admiring the ‘wayang kulit’ superhero characters on display at Muzium Negara in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Wayang kulit (shadow play), the age-old theatre performance, appears to be shedding its skin to adapt to changing times.

“Some of the old timers want to keep the art form as it is. But we need to allow some transformation to attract the younger generation,” said Department of Museums Malaysia director-general Datuk Kamarul Baharin A. Kasim.