Kelantan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Malaysian state
About Kelantan
Kelantan is the most deeply conservative of all the Malaysian states and has with just one interruption been governed by the oppositionIslamic Party of Malaysia(Parti Islam SeMalaysiaorPAS) since 1958. The party's green flag with a white full moon flutters throughout the state. Highways seem to have more signs with quotes from the Koran than actual traffic instructions; many signs are written inJawi, the old Arabic script for Malay; and even some Chinese women wear head scarves here. Cinemas are banned in the state, while shops and supermarkets have separate queues for men and women. Whilst Malays make up 95% of the population of 2.4 million and there is also the usual smattering of Chinese and Indians in the cities plus Orang Asli (aboriginal people) in the interior. Kelantan is also home
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