BATU PAHAT: “Better late than never,” thought Mokhtar A Hamid as he took up the family business of making the kompang and jidur drums in 2015, six years after his father passed away.
Mokhtar, who is attached to a university here, is happy that the products of his handiwork are now marketed all over the country and there are orders even from other countries like Indonesia and Singapore. “The loudness of the sound must be measured so that the kompang beat produced is not dissonant but melodious and harmonious to the ear.”
Mokhtar, who holds a diploma in mechanical engineering from the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Polytechnic in Kuantan, Pahang, said the imposition of the movement control order on March 18 last year forced him to stop the business for about six weeks.
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