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MBKM in Frankfurt

The National Book Council of Malaysia (MBKM) plays the role to inculcate interest in reading and be the driving force behind the development of the book industry. MBKM also promotes Malaysian books with local publishers and industry players at an international level through Malaysia’s participation in overseas book fairs especially at The Frankfurt Bookfair,Germany. MBKM has been participating consistently here over the years. The theme at Malaysian Pavilion this year was Wayang Kulit or Shadow Play.

Malaysia’s rich cultural heritage can be seen in our arts and crafts and there has been increasing attempts to document them and to preserve them for the current generation and the futue and hence, MBKM features these books during the book fair. The arts and crafts books  featured at the book fair include:

  • Shadow Play: Malay Traditional Theatre — Behind the scenes of the world of Malay Wayang Kulit or Shadow Play.
  • The Kelantan Malay Traditional Shadow Play — An illustrated and comprehensive reference to the Malay Traditional theatre or Wayang Kulit.
  • Crafted in Malaysia — Five popular crafts in Malaysia,: textile, metal craft, ceramic, forest-based crafts and ethnic crafts.
  • Timeline — A wonderful collection of 50 years of Malaysian Art with the National Visual Arts Gallery, arranged chronologically.
  • Batik Malaysia: Design and Innovation 1960s to 1990s — A pictorial gallery that tells the story of batik produced in this period.

Here are some illustrated pictures from the fair that I managed to draw recently.

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