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Zapin ( Jawi: زافين) is one of the most popular dance and musical forms in traditional Malay performing arts. Dance movements are choreographed to melodies, which are performed using musical instruments such as the gambus (short-necked lute), accordion, and rebana. [ 8] It is believed to have been introduced by Persian and Arab Muslim ...
Dance in Malaysia. Dance in Malaysia encompasses dance traditions from many different ethic origins. Malay dances include Dance Dramas, Court Dramas, and Folk Dances. Other dances come from Javanese, Orang Asli, Portuguese, Siamese, Dayak, Moro, and Chinese traditions. This article includes a list of dances, organised by ethic origin.
Music of Malaysia is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres in Malaysia. A great variety of genres in Malaysian music reflects the specific cultural groups within multiethnic Malaysian society: Malay , Indonesian , Arabic , Chinese , Indian , Dayak , Kadazan-Dusun , Bajau , Orang Asli , Melanau , Kristang and others.
Line dance. A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each other. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Unlike circle dancing, line dancers are not in physical contact with each other.
Branyo. The Branyo is a form of dance from Malaysia traditionally danced by the original Portuguese colonists of Malacca and their present-day descendants in Malaysia. It is a development of the Portuguese folk dance corridinho from the Algarve. Branyo has been an integral part of the Malaccan Portuguese festival of Introdu since the early 16th ...
Kedahan Malays. A group of Malay band and dancers with painted faces in Kuala Muda, Kedah, 1905. Kedahan Malays ( Malay: Melayu Kedah, Jawi: ملايو ﻗﺪﺡ ) or commonly known as Orang Utara ('Northerners'), are a sub-group of Malays native to northern Malay Peninsula in areas of both current and historical area of Kedah (which is now ...
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Balai dance. Balai dance ( Malay: Tarian Balai, Terengganu Malay: Tariang Bala/Ula) or Ulai dance is a traditional Malay dance originated from what is now the district of Hulu Terengganu in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. It is performed usually by women during the harvest season ( Musim Menuai) as a way to appease the spirits of paddy crops ...