‘Tujuh’ actress Marsha scared of spooky movies

ACTRESS Marsha Milan Londoh spoke of how she had to overcome her own fears of watching spooky movies to act in the horror flick Tujuh.

“Just imagine, I have to close my eyes whenever I watch a horror movie; what more having to be part of the acting crew,” Berita Harian quoted her as saying.

Marsha, 32, said she imagined herself as a ghost throughout the movie shoot.

“That was the only way I could battle my own fears,” said the actress, who hails from Tamparuli, Sabah.

Marsha also said she had to learn the orang asli dialect for her role in Tujuh, which was shot in Cameron Highlands.

> An arts activist who is from the third generation of a family of Mak Yong performers is resolute on promoting the traditional dance-drama on the global stage.

Noor Hayati Zakaria told Berita Harian that she grew up listening to the strains of the rebab, gendang and serunai in Kelantan.

She is the youngest child of the late Khatijah Awang, who was known as a Mak Yong diva.

Noor Hayati is also a grandchild of a royal performer, Che Kemala Che Muhamad.

Her grandmother, she said, had her own troupe while her late mother Khatijah set up Kumpulan Budaya Seri Temenggung.

> The Perak Islamic Affairs Department has launched a module on understanding polygamy, making it the first in the country to do so.

Kosmo! reported that it would include a seminar on family life, pre- and post-marriage.

However, department director Datuk Mohd Yusop Husin explained that the module was not meant to encourage polygamy but to prevent its practitioners from being misunderstood.

The content of the module, which was also drafted by women panellists, covered the definition of polygamy, its advantages and conditions, and advice, among others.