The Mak Yong is a traditional form of ancient theatre from Kelantan combining rituals, acting and instrumental music. Seated on a patterned woven mat, the main actor wears an intricate decoration of colourful beads across the chest. Yusoff Abdullah captures an immersive performance in unison, as well as the graceful movements of the main actor's hands and arms. Musical instruments depicted in the scene consist of the rebab, drums, and gong. Yusoff Abdullah belonged to the Angkatan SePelukis Malaysia generation of Dato' Hoessein Enas, known for portraits, landscape and historical events, executed in batik, oil and watercolour. He was the first Malaysian to exhibit in the former Soviet Socialist Republic in 1978, displaying his batik works at the Oriental Art Museum in Moscow. He was also a freelance photographer and once even set up an art gallery called Gallery 12 in a joint venture in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.