GEORGE TOWN, May 2 -- For centuries, the environment has served as a source of inspiration for stories, dances, crafts and cultural traditions.

As ecosystems change and species disappear, Malaysia's cultural traditions too risk fading alongside them.

Artists Christine Das and Bright Ong highlighted this fragile link between the environment with Malaysia's cultural identity through Project Riwayat: Katha 1: Voices of the Vanishing.

"The exhibition centres on the idea of a 'singular tragedy' - the point where ecological degradation becomes cultural disappearance," they said in their artists' statement on the exhibition.

"As species vanish, the stories, dances, crafts, and traditions inspired by them risk fading as well," they said.

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