Global Impact on the Survival of Wayang Kulit ... - Siew Lian Lim

Pak Soh (Yusoff Bin Mamat), Kelantan Wayang Kulit Sri Cahaya, Kampong Laut,
Kelantan
Boat to Kampong Laut Dock at Kampong Laut
Pak Soh’s workshop and theater Pak Soh with two of his puppets inside the workshop
An attempt was made to visit Tok Dalang Pak Soh on June 7, 2011 at his workshop and
theater located in his home in Kampung Laut, Kelantan, but he was not there. I rushed back
from Kuala Terengganu at 4 AM to Kampung Laut June 8, 2011 to interview Pok Soh and have
an individual workshop with him on Wayang Kulit craft and performance.
Pak Soh was born August 12, 1951 and started studying Wayang Kulit at the age of nine
when he was in the third grade in elementary school. He started training in gamelan music and
then tried to create puppets from paper from 1975 to 78. He then studied Wayang Kulit with Pak
Hamzah (Hamzah Bin Awang Hamat) and also Omar Kedia Buloh and PakYusof Hassan. He
was made a tok dalang in 1981 after he started making leather puppets.
Pak Soh preparing rawhide for puppets on the banks of Kelantan River
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