Abstract:

Heritage is property that is transmissible by hereditary; it is treasury that has been owned before by some community, group, society, or humanity, and it has now become a priority in preserving and conserving the heritage. To consolidate and nurture appreciation that is intact to culture and heritage within a society, various efforts have been taken to protect, by collecting and documenting cultural heritage whether with tangible or intangible cultural value. Overall, the aims of this study are to propose a conceptual framework formation on the implementation of documentation strategy for Mak Yong’s Performing Art collection in the cultural heritage institutions. Therefore, a pure qualitative methodological approach was used by a case study design, conducting semi-structured interviews and document analysis to examine the aperture on the implementation of documenting intangible cultural heritage collection in national archives, museums, and libraries.