Individu palsi serebrum juga mempunyai kebolehan dan bakat tersendiri. Apa yang penting bagi kami individu palsi serebrum ialah peluang, bimbingan dan sokongan. Dengan bimbingan pensyarah USM serta guru-guru Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Cerebral Palsy (Sepastik) Pulau Pinang, para pelajar persatuan tersebut telah membuat persembahan wayang kulit yang bertajuk 'The Boy and The Forest' di USM pada 24 dan 25 haribulan April yang lalu. Pelajar-pelajar tersebut dibimbing oleh guru masing-masing membuat persembahan dengan penuh keyakinan di hadapan orang ramai. Ada antara mereka memainkan alat muzik traditional dan ada juga yang berdialog. Marilah kita ikuti berita tentangnya.
Wayang kulit by disabled children shines brightly
By WINNIE YEOH
winnie@thestar.com.my
GEORGE TOWN: There was complete silence when the theatre went pitch black and all attention was drawn to the white cloth screen where a wayang kulit (shadow puppet play) was set to mesmerise the audience.
A large cut-out leave symbolising the forest flashed on the screen and the shadow of a boy took centre stage just when the narrator started his story for the play titled The Boy and The Forest.
The storyline may seem to be simple but many would be surprised to learn that the actors are disabled children who were mainly moving the puppets while on their wheelchairs.
Directed by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Arts' Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Mohamed Ghouse Nasuruddin and lecturer Dr Mumtaz Begum Becker, the 50-minute play took place at the university's Pelenggang Cahaya theatre yesterday.
The play, involving 17 children and 22 teachers from the Cerebral Palsy (Spastic) Children's Association of Penang (SCAP), would be repeated at the same venue at 11.30am today.
A collaboration between USM School of Arts, the university's Neuro-Medical Department and SCAP tells the story of a boy who disobeyed his parents' advice not to venture into the forest.
Dr Mohamed Ghouse said the play is about filial relationships, of respect and of a child's and his parents' love.
“It is also about the environment, reminding us of the need to preserve the environment (forest) and to share it with God's other creatures.
“But man himself is destructive and greedy, always destroying for his own selfish needs (reflected by the ogre in the play).
“However, in the end, goodness will prevail over evil,” he said.
During the play, two children from the association played the traditional musical instruments of kromong and saron while Dr Mohamed Ghouse played the gendang and rebab.
“We took six months to practise and it's truly a labour of love. It requires a lot of patience and through the performance, the children forgot that they are disabled,” he said, adding that the play was aimed at getting the children to be more involved through play therapy.
Ng Yong Nian, 15, who played the character of the boy said he enjoyed the play and had no difficulty memorising the script.
“I was a bit nervous but I was more excited to be able to have so much fun with my friends!” he enthused.
The play was also performed in memory of Rabiatul Ahbab Akbar Ali, 10, who was originally part of the cast, but who passed away late last year due to septicaemia.
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