PHOTO ESSAY | Amid pounding drums, a tudung-clad Malay teenager leaps and twists in the air as she performs a lion dance with other youths of various ethnicities.

They are part of the Yong Jun Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe - founded in 2017 by Kobe Chan Yong Zhen as an expression of a muhibah (harmonious) Malaysia.

Today, Khairunnisa Adawiyah Khairil Johari, her sister...