Malaysian Traditional Dance

MALAYSIAN TRADITIONAL DANCE

            Malaysia has so many races which is have many kinds of traditional dance in each races. This is some of the traditional dance :

Kuda Kepang

Kuda Kepang is a traditional dance brought to the state of Johor by Javanese immigrants. Dancers sit astride mock horses moving to the hypnotic beats of a percussion ensemble usually consisting of drums, gongs and angklungs.

Indian Bharata Natyam

This is classical Indian dance is poetry in motion. Based on ancient Indian epics, this highly intense and dramatic dance form uses over 100 dance steps and gesture. As mastery requires many years of practice, some children begin learning the dance form at the age of five.

Sabah & Sarawak Ngajat

The Warrior Dance is a traditional dance of Sarawak’s Iban people. This dance is usually performed during Gawai Kenyalang or ‘Hornbill Festival’. Reputedly the most fearsome of Sarawak’s headhunters, the tribe’s victorious warriors were traditionally celebrated in this elaborate festival. Wearing an elaborate headdress and holding an ornate long shield, the male warrior dancer performs dramatic jumps throughout this spellbinding dance.