Tepak Sirih
29·08·2006 | Permalink | Comments
- photographer
- Shamshahrin Shamsudin
Website - Shamshahrin graduated with a Diploma in Photography from Uitm Shah Alam in 1994 majoring in Photojournalism and minor in Fine Arts.
He was a photographer for The STAR from 1995 until 1999, then joined a French newswire agency, Agence France-Presse (AFP) in the Kuala Lumpur bureau early 1999. He later joined the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) as a photojournalist in 2003 till now.
Having served in the internationally- recognized agency, his works has been published in local and foreign newspapers and most of the well known magazines such as Life magazine’s website (photo of the day), Time, Asiaweek, Far Eastern Economic Review and more.
Shamshahrin represented Malaysia for the Asian Photography and Film Exhibition in Gwangju, Korea in 2005.
- loc.
- Kajang, Selangor
- tags
- container, culture, decoration, handicraft, malay
info
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Betel leaves tucked in a decorated brass container is part of gifts in a Malay wedding culture. From time immemorial, tepak sirih (betel leaf container) has traditionally found a place in almost every ceremonial
institution of the Malays as well as in social gatherings. Today, it is also used as a decorative item and one of the various exotic Malay handicrafts.