Wayang Kulit Kelantan state is a traditional drama, Kelantan’s auspicious year may end in the TUMPAT during basant at night. Shadow puppet is made using the buffalo leather, then hold in thin bamboo pole. When the curtain, placed in the doll and lamplight from behind the curtain on the doll, forming the so-called “shadow”. The storyteller side hand puppets, combined with the RAMAYANA describes the music legends. The whole story is made by a play of namely TOK DALANG one director, sometimes even can command as much as 45 dolls.
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Malaysia has rich cultural heritage, many of the traditional art and culture are all efforts to protect.
Among them, the traditional dance and music in the performing arts occupies a special place.
This is a kind of outdoor games play by brave men from Sabah BAJAU and IRANUM family. When the game start, participants gather in a circle, tried to blow face a string of 10 meters high above high stalk hanging on it includes bouquet, towel, food and money involved.
Sepak Takraw also known as Sepak Raga is a Malaysia’s most popular kind of sports games, the participating parties on both sides of the net in the side of each one grain of cane ball kicking. Besides, they can use hand body parts, including the heel, foot instep, shoulder, hip, head to play ball and not let the ball drops as long as possible.
Silat Melayu is a Malay martial arts to defend the Malay natio. This fascinating sport is also a kind of dancing in Malaysia that has been widely circulated for hundreds of years. According to the Muslim doctrines, and participants can borrow the Malay martial arts in order to improve the power of his spiritual. In marriage, national celebration or martial arts competition, silat can be seen.
On the east coast of Malaysia, the great kite flying over with intricate patterns, the size also differ. Among them, the most common is the moon kite (Traditional Wau Kite), because its crescent shape. Kelantan auspicious year hold an important competitions, the participants from all over the world.
Kite fighting is a popular sport, participants will rival the kite cut, or rope from the air dropped down. Kite rope glued to break the glass powder, with “the kite” cutting ability. The kite and wind control technique is the key to participants.
This is a popular game in the country, especially in the east state of Kelantan and Terengganu in the harvest month. Children love to play Gasing outdoor, but also held between adults, serious competition gyro can weigh five kilograms. When the game, the bundle, then fell in the gyroscope in a special stage makes it. Then will the gyro moved to a staff, and moved to a bamboo poles of metal containers. Who can make the long turn gyroscope, who is the winner.
An indoor 2 person game, a favourite game widely play by local women. The game is play in a long wood, wood on the two rows of depression were each row holes; the eight hole, is located in the end is the largest hole, called the “home”. The object of the game is the first to see who will be seven marble hole to fill the victory depends on the skill, and the calculation.
Popular a kind of dancing in Sarawak, symbolizing a prince blessed the children get happiness. This dance later spread within Kenyah Tribe in Sarawak. SAPE (a kind of instrument) playing dance rhythms, also with singing and hand clapping sounds.
Sumazau is the Kadazandusun mountain folk dancing. When the men were dancing arbitration dancers face to face with arms, with six stretch of drum rhythms, the dance imitate birds fly.
Tarian Lilin is a kind of elegant girl dancing in Alor Setar, The story of the dancing is a girl lost engagement ring, through the reflection of candle light on the dish, searching for the ring, until dawn.