Wonder women of Kelantan

They are strong

they are full of courage

they are patient they are colourful

they are the wonder women of Kelantan

the Kelantanese women traders ~

( and no, I am not referring to the "mek-mek kelate" or even to the tight, scantily clad ones )

For a state, with a long history of self dependant,

self reliant, these Kelantanese women are a symbol of divine struggle.

A great source of inspiration for the rest of the Kelantanese maybe.

What about the men then?

I am not against Kelantanese men (since I am one of them too)

but there is a dikir barat song with this line,

Quote:
...bining junjung pissae sapa kettaa palo~palo...

( Translated : The wife balanced bananas on her head till the head went shaken by the weight )

a song about a playful husband who do nothing but tending to his songbird while his wife went out to sell bananas for a living. Which, emphasizing the men being work-despised,

playful while the women have to do the men's job. Even the famous Abdullah Munshi, correct me if I am wrong, portrayed the Kelantanese men in his Kesah Pelayaran Abdullah Dari Singapura Ka Kelantan chronicle (1838), as lazy. Still, by majority, I believe that the Kelantanese men are hardworking. Often work side by side with their wives to make ends meet. However, they prefer to leave the business at the market to the wives while they themselves indulged in craftmanships and various other energy consuming works.