The Adiguru CENDANA Programme is designed to sustain the development and ensure continuity of traditional art forms of Malaysia, heighten awareness, encourage transfer of knowledge and documentation work, as well as create partnerships with the selected masters.
GRANT VALUE
The Programme provides funding up to RM30,000 per application over the period of twelve (12) months to develop programmes or improve necessary infrastructure vital to the practice of the artform.
PROGRAMME CRITERIA
The Adiguru CENDANA Programme is a community arts programme that aims to:
- Honour an individual or group for mastery (of practices and expressions that are transmitted from generation to generation, as well as the knowledge, skills and values associated that the local communities recognise as part of their traditional arts forms) or championing a mastery that nurtures the artistic excellence, vitality, and development of Malaysian traditional arts in their local community;
- Amplify the efforts of masters or those who champion traditional arts to sustain the practice of their art in their local communities;
- Support masters or those who champion traditional arts to teach their art to youth in their local communities;
- Enable masters or those who champion traditional arts to maintain/ improve infrastructure (example: community stage) or improve other material support (example: costumes, instruments) for traditional arts in local communities;
- Help enhance the public profiles of masters or those who champion traditional arts to garner wider appreciation and understanding;
- Facilitate connections and partnerships between masters or those who champion traditional arts, their local communities, and regional economic corridor development, to promote their art forms to a larger network and audience and contribute to the sustainability and viability of their practice.
TYPES OF TRADITIONAL ARTS