The Heritage Craftmanship Carnival was organised by the Department of Soft Skills Competency (DSSC) in collaboration with Co-Curricular Social Entrepreneurship Project on 8 March 2018 at Sungai Long Campus.
The event aimed to provide a platform for the community of indigenous people, namely Mah Meri people of Pulau Carey to learn entrepreneurship, social and independent skills to build their own online business by introducing them to the e-commerce platforms. The event also aimed to introduce arts and craft skills from the community to the society.
Nurulain
Present at the opening ceremony were JKK Kampung Bumbun Representative Abdul Samri, Advisors of Social Entrepreneurship Project, Fook Oi Yee, Nurulain binti Mohamad Salihuddin, Nur Farahin binti Bahari and Nurzanatul Amira binti Azizan, students and staff . “The objective of the project is to introduce the indigenous community to the online business in order to broaden their business. At the same time, students will also be able to learn the basics of social entrepreneurial skills,” said Nurulain.
The event was comprised of three sessions; the first and second session saw talks titled “Introduction to Online Business” and “Setting up Online Business” respectively, the last session was a carnival to promote the indigenous group’s arts and craft products to the UTAR community.
Tarian Topeng
The Mah Meri people are experts in craft-making, especially in traditional wood carving. Their carvings include deities, humans, and also flora and fauna figurines. Their carvings have also been recognised by the UNESCO. They are the only indigenous community in Malaysia who practices mask dance (Tarian Topeng). The dance is accompanied by music played using traditional instruments. These instruments are called tun-tog (bamboo), jule (viola), tamboo (drum), and a-tawa (brass gong).
Products sold by the indigenous group
Students during the batik colouring session
Mah Meri community demonstrating wicker weaving
The organisers with the Mah Meri community
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