Cultural Heritage

While Pacu Jalur was being celebrated on the Kuantan River, a small discussion in Kuantan Singingi looked beyond the race to the villages, knowledge, timber and forests that keep the tradition alive.

Long before a jalur reaches the Kuantan River, its timber has spent decades growing in the forest. A conversation in Kuantan Singingi asks what Pacu Jalur must protect today if the tradition is to survive for generations.