Post by anastasia on Aug 25, 2015 7:13:17 GMT 7
Malaysia Cultural Festival Azerbaijan 2015 @ Fevvareler Meydani, Baku, Azerbaijan (18 - 20/9/15)
MALAY ROYAL DANCE - GETTA GANGSA
THIS DANCE SYMBOLIZES THE MALAYSIAN HARMONY WELCOMES GUESTS. YELLOW-COLOURED UMBRELLA SWITH SYMBOLS RULE THE COUNTRY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP COVER KING. AND MOTION SILAT WELCOME AND INVITE GUESTS TO COME TO, MALAYSIAN. SONGKET IS A TRADITIONAL DRESS CLOTHES MALAYSIA, WHICH IS MADE FROM HAND EMBROIDERY. ABOUT THE TRADITION AND CULTURE OF MALAYSIANS OF ALL RACES.
ZAPIN DANCE
ZAPIN IS A FOLK DANCE OF MALAYSIA THAT HAD DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THE MID-EASTERN MUSICAL INFLUENCE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORMS OF ZAPIN DANCES AND IT VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE AND ZAPIN TANGKAS BERALU IS ONE OF IT. SAID TO BE INSPIRED BY THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE AND THE LIVES OF FISHERMEN, THE DANCE HAS MANY UNEXPECTED MOVEMENTS LIKE A ROTATION OF THE BODY FROM THE WAIST FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN ACCENTED, SHARP AND HELD MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS AND SHOULDERS. THE DANCE WAS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY MALES ONLY HOWEVER IT IS ALSO PERFORMED BY FEMALE DANCERS THESE DAYS. THE CARRIAGE OF THE DANCERS IS QUITE ERECT AND DIGNIFIED. THE MUSIC FOR ZAPIN COMES FROM AN ENSEMBLE OF TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH INCLUDE THE GAMBUS(LUTE), MARWAS (GYPSY-TY BONGOS) AND THE VIOLIN.
FAN CHINESE DANCE
MOST OF CHINESE DANCES ORIGINATED IN THE MAINLAND OF CHINA. IT BEGAN WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE MERCHANTS WHO BROUGHT WITH THEM THEIR ARTS OF DANCING. MOST OF THEIR DANCES ARE MEANT TO BRING SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY AND OTHERS ARE MEANT TO CELEBRATE CERTAIN OCCASION. THE LION AND THE FAN DANCE IS NORMALLY PERFORMED DURING THE FESTIVE SEASONS. THIS DANCE STILL MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINAL MOVEMENTS WITH PRETTY MAIDENS HOLDING AND SWAYING PAPER FAN IN THEIR HANDS.
CLASSICAL INDIA DANCE
INDIAN SOCIETY IS ALSO A MAJOR TRIBE IN MALAYSIA. CLASSICAL DANCE IS BASED ON THE BARANATHIAM CANADIAN DANCE AND ALANIPPU DANCE MOVES AND ALSO VERY POPULAR IN TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA. THIS DANCE IS ALSO TAPPED FOR THE SUITABILITY OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MALAYSIA. MOTION DANCE SYMBOLIZES APARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS DANCE IS PERFORMED IN THE USUAL CULTURAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS FOR THE MALAYSIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY.
PORTUGUESE DANCE
THE YEAR 1511 SIGNALLED THE BEGINNING OF THE PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT IN MALACCA AND ITS SURVIVED THROUGHOUT THE AGES. NOWADAYS, THEIR PRESENCE IS NO LONGER REGARDED AS COLONIST BUT AS A PARTY WHO CONTRIBUTE THE HARMONIOUS CULTURE IN MALAYSIA. THEIR DANCE WITH THE ENERGETIC MOVEMENT CAN BE TRACED IN TODAY’S JOGET.
SEWANG ORANG ASLI DANCE
ORANG ASLI ARE TRADITIONALLY ANIMISTS, WHERE THE BELIEVE IN THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS IN VARIOUS OBJECTS. SEWANG IS A TRADITIONAL DANCE PERFORMED BY THE ORANG ASLI. ORIGINALLY THE DANCE WAS PERFORMED TO TREAT THE SICK OR WOUNDED, NOW IT IS ALSO USED TO ENTERTAIN FOREIGN TRAVELLERS. IT INVOLVES DANCING IN A CIRCLE TO MUSIC PRODUCED FROM BAMBOO.
ETHNIC SARAWAK DANCE
SARAWAK, BETTER KNOWN AS "STATE OF THE HORNBILLS". ALSO LOCATED IN EAST MALAYSIA. IBAN COMMUNITY IN SARAWAK IS SO STRONG HOLD ON TO TRADITION AND CULTURE. THEY ADHERE TO THE PROVERB, LET AS TRAY IN THE WILDERNESS, LEST LOST CUSTOM. ONE OF THE RITUALS THAT YOU WILL SEE IS MIRING. MIRING IS THE RITUAL OFF ERING OR PRAY TO GOD TO BLESS OR PETARA REQUEST AND RECEIVE PROTECTION FROM SUCH THREATS.
ETHNIC SABAH DANCE
SABAH, BETTER KNOWN STATES IN"BELOW THE WIND", LOCATED IN EAST MALAYSIA. THIS DANCE IS DANCED AMONG THE LOCAL POPULATION IN THE INTERIOR OF SABAH. THE DANCE OF THE TRIBE TRIBES SUCH AS THE KADAZAN DUSUN TRIBE, TRIBAL KUIJAU AND MURUT DANCE IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BE MORE ENERGETIC. BY USING LONG BAMBOO WILL BEST AMPED KE LANTAI RHYTHM WHILE THE DANCERS WILL JUMP IN AND OUT OF THE SPACE WITHOUT GETTING TRAPPED BAMBOOT APPING HIS FOOT. THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC BEATS LIKE GONG AND TANGGUGAK. ENERGETIC AND ENTERTAINING DANCE IS USUALLY DANCED DURING THE GATHERING IN THE VILLAGE OR INSOCIAL GATHERINGS TO CELEBRATE THE HARVEST FESTIVAL.
JOGET DANCE & NYANYIAN LAGU MyFEST
THE DANCE CULMINATES WITH DANCERS SINGING THE SONG TO PROMOTE MALAYSIA AND TO PAY THEIR TRIBUTE TO THIS RICH AND BLESSED COUNTRY. TRULY MALAYSIA IS THE SOUL AND ESSENCE OF ASIA AND IF YOU COME TO SEE MALAYSIA YOU HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE OF ASIA.
MALAY ROYAL DANCE - GETTA GANGSA
THIS DANCE SYMBOLIZES THE MALAYSIAN HARMONY WELCOMES GUESTS. YELLOW-COLOURED UMBRELLA SWITH SYMBOLS RULE THE COUNTRY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP COVER KING. AND MOTION SILAT WELCOME AND INVITE GUESTS TO COME TO, MALAYSIAN. SONGKET IS A TRADITIONAL DRESS CLOTHES MALAYSIA, WHICH IS MADE FROM HAND EMBROIDERY. ABOUT THE TRADITION AND CULTURE OF MALAYSIANS OF ALL RACES.
ZAPIN DANCE
ZAPIN IS A FOLK DANCE OF MALAYSIA THAT HAD DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THE MID-EASTERN MUSICAL INFLUENCE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORMS OF ZAPIN DANCES AND IT VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE AND ZAPIN TANGKAS BERALU IS ONE OF IT. SAID TO BE INSPIRED BY THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE AND THE LIVES OF FISHERMEN, THE DANCE HAS MANY UNEXPECTED MOVEMENTS LIKE A ROTATION OF THE BODY FROM THE WAIST FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN ACCENTED, SHARP AND HELD MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS AND SHOULDERS. THE DANCE WAS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY MALES ONLY HOWEVER IT IS ALSO PERFORMED BY FEMALE DANCERS THESE DAYS. THE CARRIAGE OF THE DANCERS IS QUITE ERECT AND DIGNIFIED. THE MUSIC FOR ZAPIN COMES FROM AN ENSEMBLE OF TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH INCLUDE THE GAMBUS(LUTE), MARWAS (GYPSY-TY BONGOS) AND THE VIOLIN.
FAN CHINESE DANCE
MOST OF CHINESE DANCES ORIGINATED IN THE MAINLAND OF CHINA. IT BEGAN WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE MERCHANTS WHO BROUGHT WITH THEM THEIR ARTS OF DANCING. MOST OF THEIR DANCES ARE MEANT TO BRING SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY AND OTHERS ARE MEANT TO CELEBRATE CERTAIN OCCASION. THE LION AND THE FAN DANCE IS NORMALLY PERFORMED DURING THE FESTIVE SEASONS. THIS DANCE STILL MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINAL MOVEMENTS WITH PRETTY MAIDENS HOLDING AND SWAYING PAPER FAN IN THEIR HANDS.
CLASSICAL INDIA DANCE
INDIAN SOCIETY IS ALSO A MAJOR TRIBE IN MALAYSIA. CLASSICAL DANCE IS BASED ON THE BARANATHIAM CANADIAN DANCE AND ALANIPPU DANCE MOVES AND ALSO VERY POPULAR IN TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA. THIS DANCE IS ALSO TAPPED FOR THE SUITABILITY OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MALAYSIA. MOTION DANCE SYMBOLIZES APARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS DANCE IS PERFORMED IN THE USUAL CULTURAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS FOR THE MALAYSIAN INDIAN COMMUNITY.
PORTUGUESE DANCE
THE YEAR 1511 SIGNALLED THE BEGINNING OF THE PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT IN MALACCA AND ITS SURVIVED THROUGHOUT THE AGES. NOWADAYS, THEIR PRESENCE IS NO LONGER REGARDED AS COLONIST BUT AS A PARTY WHO CONTRIBUTE THE HARMONIOUS CULTURE IN MALAYSIA. THEIR DANCE WITH THE ENERGETIC MOVEMENT CAN BE TRACED IN TODAY’S JOGET.
SEWANG ORANG ASLI DANCE
ORANG ASLI ARE TRADITIONALLY ANIMISTS, WHERE THE BELIEVE IN THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS IN VARIOUS OBJECTS. SEWANG IS A TRADITIONAL DANCE PERFORMED BY THE ORANG ASLI. ORIGINALLY THE DANCE WAS PERFORMED TO TREAT THE SICK OR WOUNDED, NOW IT IS ALSO USED TO ENTERTAIN FOREIGN TRAVELLERS. IT INVOLVES DANCING IN A CIRCLE TO MUSIC PRODUCED FROM BAMBOO.
ETHNIC SARAWAK DANCE
SARAWAK, BETTER KNOWN AS "STATE OF THE HORNBILLS". ALSO LOCATED IN EAST MALAYSIA. IBAN COMMUNITY IN SARAWAK IS SO STRONG HOLD ON TO TRADITION AND CULTURE. THEY ADHERE TO THE PROVERB, LET AS TRAY IN THE WILDERNESS, LEST LOST CUSTOM. ONE OF THE RITUALS THAT YOU WILL SEE IS MIRING. MIRING IS THE RITUAL OFF ERING OR PRAY TO GOD TO BLESS OR PETARA REQUEST AND RECEIVE PROTECTION FROM SUCH THREATS.
ETHNIC SABAH DANCE
SABAH, BETTER KNOWN STATES IN"BELOW THE WIND", LOCATED IN EAST MALAYSIA. THIS DANCE IS DANCED AMONG THE LOCAL POPULATION IN THE INTERIOR OF SABAH. THE DANCE OF THE TRIBE TRIBES SUCH AS THE KADAZAN DUSUN TRIBE, TRIBAL KUIJAU AND MURUT DANCE IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BE MORE ENERGETIC. BY USING LONG BAMBOO WILL BEST AMPED KE LANTAI RHYTHM WHILE THE DANCERS WILL JUMP IN AND OUT OF THE SPACE WITHOUT GETTING TRAPPED BAMBOOT APPING HIS FOOT. THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC BEATS LIKE GONG AND TANGGUGAK. ENERGETIC AND ENTERTAINING DANCE IS USUALLY DANCED DURING THE GATHERING IN THE VILLAGE OR INSOCIAL GATHERINGS TO CELEBRATE THE HARVEST FESTIVAL.
JOGET DANCE & NYANYIAN LAGU MyFEST
THE DANCE CULMINATES WITH DANCERS SINGING THE SONG TO PROMOTE MALAYSIA AND TO PAY THEIR TRIBUTE TO THIS RICH AND BLESSED COUNTRY. TRULY MALAYSIA IS THE SOUL AND ESSENCE OF ASIA AND IF YOU COME TO SEE MALAYSIA YOU HAVE SEEN THE WHOLE OF ASIA.