ʻO nā māla me nā hale lāʻau kuʻuna ma luna o nā kuʻekuʻe, nā lupe waihoʻoluʻu e lele ana ma luna o nā kahakai one-keʻokeʻo, kahi moʻomeheu olaola, nā meaʻai ʻono a me nā poʻe aloha maʻamau, ʻo Kelantan kahi leo kūpono no kahi hoʻomaha ma Malaysia. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka mokuʻāina ʻo ia ke kumu o ka moʻomeheu Malay a ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hope loa ma Malaysia kahi e ʻike ai nā huakaʻi i ka moʻomeheu Malay maoli.

Aia kekahi "akā" nui. He mokuʻāina ʻo Kelantan i paʻa i loko o kahi kuʻuna Islam koʻikoʻi a ʻike ʻia i kekahi manawa paʻakikī e hoʻohālikelike i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka Islam. "Loaʻa pinepine mākou i ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā nūpepa aupuni o Malaysia ʻoiai ke kūʻē nei ko mākou Aupuni Moku'āina," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ahmad Shukeri Bin Ismail, Luna Nui o Kelantan Tourist Information Center. Hōʻike nā helu helu mai Kelantan ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ʻole ka mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ma 2007, kokoke i ʻeono miliona mau malihini i hele mai i Kelantan, a he 1.84 miliona ka poʻe haole.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa nā helu ma waena o nā mākaʻikaʻi maoli a me nā malihini. Ke nānā pono aku nei i ka heluna o ka poʻe huakaʻi malihini, ʻo 1.82 miliona o kēia poʻe huakaʻi malihini e komo ana i Kelantan e hele mai ana mai Thailand mai. He ʻohana ka hapa nui o lākou ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka palena i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma o ka mōʻaukala. ʻO ka unuhi ʻana i ka Thai, nā huakaʻi huakaʻi honua maoli i lanakila ma 2007 wale nō 16,288! ʻO Singaporeans a me Britons- a hiki i kēia manawa ʻelua mau mākeke ʻē aʻe i Kelantan- ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1,500 mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia.

ʻO kēlā helu haʻahaʻa e hāpai i kekahi hopohopo mai ka mana mākaʻikaʻi. E hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻololi ʻia ke kiʻi. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Kelantan i ka makahiki i hala i kahi hanana "Visit Year" i liʻiliʻi ka hopena i nā huakaʻi malihini no ka mea ʻaʻohe kālā kūpono no ka kamaʻilio. A inā loaʻa i ka mokuʻāina kekahi o nā kahakai nani o West Malaysia, ʻaneʻane mau lākou me ka nele o kekahi hoʻomohala. ʻAʻole hōʻoluʻolu ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻopukapuka i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hōkele me ka mokuʻāina e kaohi nui ana i nā hoʻopukapuka no nā hana i ʻike ʻia he kūpono ʻole i kahi kaiāulu Islam.

Ke nānā nei ka Moku'āina i kēia manawa i ka hana noʻonoʻo e huki hou aku i nā huakaʻi. "ʻO kā mākou kuleana ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke ʻano ʻokoʻa o Kelantan no ka mea he nui kā mākou e hāʻawi aku ai: kahi moʻomeheu Malay maoli, nā meaʻai maikaʻi loa a me kahi ʻano mālama maikaʻi ʻia e like me Jelawang Falls ma Gunung Stong State Park, nā wailele kiʻekiʻe loa ma Asia Hema ma 300 m, ” wahi a Ismail. Ke lilo nei ka home noho i wahi kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi ikaika no Kelantan no ka mea hiki i nā poʻe ke hauʻoli i ke ola kuʻuna o nā mahiʻai a me nā lawaiʻa Malay. Ua wehe ʻia he ʻumi mau hale noho i nā malihini.

E hoʻi i ka pilikia hoʻomana: ʻo ka manaʻoʻiʻo Islam ikaika i ka panalāʻau me he mea lā e hoʻokau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoholo ke aupuni kūloko no ka laʻana e pāpā i ka mak yong, kahi hula kuʻuna e noho nei no nā kenekulia i ʻike ʻia e UNESCO ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina honua ola o ka moʻomeheu Malay. ʻO ke kumu, ʻaʻole kūpono nā mea ma hope o ka hana kuʻuna no ka poʻe Muslim no ka mea aia i loko o ka kuhikuhi i nā hana kilokilo ʻeleʻele a me nā hana animism. "ʻAʻole kēia ka ʻaoʻao maoli o ka moʻolelo," wehewehe ʻo Ismail. "Ke ʻae nei mākou i nā hana makyong ma Kelantan Cultural Center no nā mākaʻikaʻi. Eia naʻe, ua lawe ko mākou aupuni i nā ʻōlelo a pau e pili ana i nā ʻuhane a me nā ʻuhane i kūpono ʻole me Islam, "i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Ismail.

ʻO nā nūpepa pili aupuni ma Malaysia i hoʻopiʻi nui i ka pāpā, e hoʻoikaika ana i ke kiʻi o kahi ʻāina aloha ʻole i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻohuli ka Islamic Party PAS i kona kūlana a lilo i mea maʻalahi e hoʻokō i nā pono o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Hōʻike ʻia nā hana ʻo Mak Yong a me Shadow Puppet i kēia manawa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kikowaena moʻomeheu, ua wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hale pule i nā malihini ke ʻaʻahu pono lākou. Ke manaʻo nei ke aupuni e wehe i kekahi mau pondok (kula hoʻomana) i nā malihini kipa ʻole, ma ke ala e hāʻawi i ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka manawa e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ai i ka Islam a i ʻole e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomana ʻana o Malaysia. “Ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻekolu mau pondok i wehe ʻia i ka poʻe huakaʻi. Akā ʻo ka paʻakikī e loaʻa mai i kahi hoʻomau mai nā pondoks e hoʻokipa maikaʻi aku i nā huakaʻi malihini, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ismail.

ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka Islam i nā haole - ʻoi aku ka poʻe ʻaʻole Muslim - ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea e hiki mai ana ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka huakaʻi o Kelantan. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻokomo i nā kiʻi Islam, ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke aʻo ʻana a Islam a i ʻole ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā hale pule mōʻaukala me nā wehewehe hoʻolālā e pili ana i ke ala e kūkulu ai. ʻIke ʻia nā hana hoʻomana he hana hoihoi no nā mākeke niche. "ʻO nā hoʻolauleʻa kuʻuna me ka luku ʻana i nā holoholona i ka wā ʻo Eid al-Adha a me Eid al-Fitri e hoʻokipa nei i nā Muslim mai Singapore kahi i pāpā ʻia ai ka hana," wahi a Ismail.

Me nā huakaʻi hou aku e hele mai ana i Kelantan -e hoʻomaka ʻo Firefly i kahi lawelawe pololei mai Kota Bharu a Singapore i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2010-, makemake ka Mokuʻāina e hōʻike i kahi helehelena aloha i nā huakaʻi a ʻaʻole ʻike wale ʻia ma ke ʻano he wahi transit ma waena o Thailand a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO Malaysia Peninsula. "Akā, mai manaʻo ʻoe i kahi papahana nui i ka mākaʻikaʻi no ka mea e hoʻomau kā mākou aupuni i kā mākou mau waiwai ʻuhane ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā waiwai," wahi a ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Kelantan.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The government even thinks to open up some pondoks (religious schools) to non-muslim visitors, in a way to give travelers an opportunity to better understand Islam or also about the way Malaysia practices religion.
The State is considered as the cradle of Malay culture and it is indeed one of the last areas in Malaysia where travelers can experience authentic genuine Malay culture.
A few years ago, the local government decided for example to ban mak yong, a traditional dance existing for centuries recognized by the UNESCO as a living world heritage of Malay culture.