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Malaysia’s dying art: Traditional kite-making in peril

  by Satish Cheney Pantai Cahaya Bulan, Malaysia (AFP) — Shafie Jusoh loves traditional Malaysian kites so much that he can’t get a good night’s rest unless he’s been working on them daily. “I need to make kites everyday, if not I can’t sleep,” the 69-year-old said. He began making them when he was a young boy, skipping classes to entertain his flights of fancy. “If you don’t do it everyday, you will lose the […]