Latah: An Individual Reflex Against the Grip of Conformity
By Husna Shafirah
January 2025 FEATURE
BEING A MOMMY’S GIRL, if I could fuse with my mom at a cellular level, I would. That is why, at five, I was already in the open kitchen, doing what I thought was the most important job there was: slicing open beronok (sea cucumber).In Langkawi, before any kenduri or open house, women—most of them elderly—would gather together for rewang. As I sat among women in their golden age, in between their fast-moving, wrinkly hands and constant chattering, you could...
Husna Shafirah
is a final-year student of Applied Language (Hons): English for Intercultural Communication from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Currently interning with Penang Monthly, she is enjoying her first opportunities in writing about culture and lifestyle along with the smell of freshly printed magazines.
