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As promised, here's the full version of the kompang story. But there is also another side of the story. If you google up the name Zainudin Andika (or Zainuddin Andika), you'll find various videos of him, featuring him as one of the left-wing political activists who fought for Independence. He was featured in Fahmi Reza's highly-acclaimed documentary Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka a few years back. Funny thing I didn't realise this until recently. When we first did our Kuala Kangsar trip early this year with Raja Shahriman (another name worth googling), we found him in his workshop busy working on an aeroplane replica (no kidding!). We only went to see him because he was a kompang-maker, not as political activist who was jailed for more than 4 years in 1948. The moment we introduced ourselves he was already eager to give an interview. Zainudin has probably done it so many times before that it became second-nature to him. He probably spoke for about half an hour n...