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Pesta Raya 2024: Bawang Putih Bawang Merah retells Nusantara versions of Cinderella
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The star-studded cast of Bawang Putih Bawang Merah comprises (from left) Rizman Putra, Aidli ‘Alin’ Mosbit, Nabila Huda, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Munah Bagharib, Siti Hajar Abdul Gani and Fir Rahman.
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SINGAPORE – The ingredients of the fable are familiar: an impossibly virtuous damsel, a bullying stepmother and sister, magical pumpkins and a prince. Yet this is no Cinderella, but the amorphous Nusantara folk tale Bawang Putih Bawang Merah.
Staged for Pesta Raya – Malay Festival of Arts 2024, this star-studded production is Teater Ekamatra’s follow-up to its acclaimed Bangsawan Gemala Malam.
