Anthropologist shares warm memories of Pulai Hakka village first visited 45 years ago

KUALA LUMPUR: Sharon A. Carstens was greeted by friendly villagers when she first stepped foot in a Chinese Hakka village in Pulai 45 years ago.

Recalling her first impression of the small village in Kelantan, Carstens said she remembered two small shops at the town centre and an old woman was sitting on a porch.