Silat exponents showing off their skills during a local festival in Kuala Terengganu. - Bernama
SINGAPORE: Unesco has recognised South-east Asia's popular martial art of silat, claimed by both Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of the world's intangible world heritage.
Indonesia's pencak silat and Malaysia's silat were among 15 cultural practices inscribed by Unesco's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage into its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Thursday in Bogota, Colombia.
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