The one that caught my eyes

I used to work with Pahang's State Museum Board as a personal assistant.There I have the opportunity to watch a lot of traditional dance show and this one particular dance really caught my attention,The Endang Dance.

This particular dance was influence by Sumatra and practice by the Minangs community in Negeri Sembilan.The unic dance movements symbolize people plucking leave and wiping sweats.
The dance famously known song is Din Din Barindin.The song starts slowly but increased its tempo,this is when you see the movements getting more and more energetic as the movements follow the tempo.
I really enjoy watching this dance as it is really different and the dancers lookvery beautiful with the costumes and the movements.Though I think they must be having a lot of pain sitting in their position for quite along time.

The makyong dance.

I strongly believe that the whole issue of Mak Yong dance was controversial because it involves the element of shamanism.This is what contradicts the value of Islam.As a muslim, I believe that with right intention,there's a right values in what one did.Threfore I think that Makyong should not be banned from its rightous origin. In Ramli Ibrahim's work In The Name of Love,its clearly stated how the treatment for the Mak Yong practioners had been nowdays.They even moved to one state to the other just to continue dancing the Mak Yong dance.
There is no point of banning this dance as we have more bigger things to be concern off.We should be more creative in giving solution on the shamanism issues.
Maybe slight changes in the chants could solve it.What I'm trying to say here is that we can always work something out if we want something.Regardless of what our faith is, it's shallow to say that a dance can't change one faith unless they want it.Makyong has been recognized as untangible heritage.I say,keep Mak Yong ALIVE!

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Dear friends and my fellow readers, this is the first time for me to write an educational blog as i am so used to write for my own personal blog.So,all comments, good and bad are really much appreciated.=) This week of class has been the intro of what drama is basically all about.As i have learn that all this time, me weeping at the very end of any good production of movie,drama, and play has the name for it,i guess why don't i just used for my blog name?Yes,that's right people.I always have my Kleenex with me..But hey, i knew that most of us gone through the same experience right?Don't tell me you guys didn't cry at the end of Armageddon?Why don't you guys share with me that catharsis experience?