BESUT: Malay traditions in Southern Thailand appeared to be vanishing as the younger generation there seemed to be no longer interested in preserving them due to the rapid passage of time.

Southern Thailand’s Patani Civilization Art Heritage Organisation representative Ku Nukman Ku Shamsudin said the art of fashion, the architecture of Malay houses and the carving of traditional weapons are fast fading away in the region which has a large number of Malay residents in the country.