CULTURAL DANCE IN

MALAYSIA
Prepared by :
LEGASI TARI DANCE TROUPE
 Type of Malaysians Dance

 Joget ( Malay )

 Zapin ( Malay )

 Sumazau ( Kadazan Dusun from Sabah )

 Ngajat ( Iban from Sarawak )

 Chinese Fan Dance ( Chinese )

 Bharatanatyam Dance ( India)

 Joget

 Traditionally Malay
dance that originated in
Malacca.
 It was influenced by
Portuguese dance of
Branyo which believed
that to have been spread
through spice trade.
 The most popular folk
dance in Malaysia
 Zapin

 Malay Dance also most

popular dance in Malaysia
( especially Southern
Malaysia )
 It is believed to have been
introduced by Arab
Muslim missionaries from
the Middle East in the 14th
century.
 Music ensemble consist of
gambus, accordian, rebab,
marwas, rebana dan dok.
 Sumazau

 Traditional folk dance

that popular in Sabah

 Traditional dance of
Kadazan Dusun tribe

 Performed during
Harvest festival
 Ngajat

 Ngajat dance is
welcoming dance during
Gawai Day, before war
and after harvest festival.

 In a variant, the dancers

hold a wooden shield on
the left hand and sword
on the right hand and
swinging to the left and
right.
 Chinese Fan Dance

 Performed in celebration of
Chinese culture.
 It represents beauty, grace
and delicacy.
 Like most other from of folk
dance, the Chinese fan
dance developed as a way to
share to share stories,
preserve the culture and to
communicate feelings and
emotions without words.
 Bharatanatyam Dance

 Major genre of Indian

Classical Dance that
originated from Tamil
Nandu
• It consist of tailor fitter
brilliantly colored Sari,
with special pleated cloth.
• Have seven stage of
performance called as ‘
argam’ ; Alarippu,
Jatiswaram, Shabdam,
Varnam, Padam, Thillana,
etc.