
Happily Ever After? #8: Controversial Folk Tales
36 mins·19:00, 20 Jun 2017

Happily Ever After? #8: Controversial Folk Tales
36 mins
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19:00, 20 Jun 2017
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Happily Ever After? -- the show where we revisit the fairy tales we fell in love with once upon a time. A recent advertising kerfuffle has revived or reintroduced Malaysians to Dayang Senandung, an old Malay folklore that tells the tale of a cursed princess with a melodious voice. Is it a moral tale about society's obsession with outer beauty, or a blatant account of racism and prejudice against skin colour?
Evening EditionHappily Ever AfterFairy TalesDayang SenandungMalay FolkloreHikayatControversialPrejudice
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