DISCOVER MALAYSIA Every Friday, Khor Beng Huat lugs several large bird cages to Jalan Sri Cemerlang in Kota Baru, Kelantan, for the town’s weekly bird singing competition.

DISCOVER MALAYSIA Every day from dawn till dusk, wau maker Shapie Jusof works on his craft in a small hut near the Cahaya Bulan Beach in Kota Baru, Kelantan.

DISCOVER MALAYSIA Semek Sulaiman, 60, makes weaving songket look so effortless as her hands and feet deftly manoeuvre her loom. She patiently loops the bamboo rod through the threads on her loom, and works it methodically. It is painstaking work.

DISCOVER MALAYSIA It was the aroma of baking that led us to Nik Faizah Nik Abdul Rahman’s house. In a corner in the huge compound of her house, her workers were busy making kuih akok, one of Kelantan’s most popular kuih.