Traditional Dance In Sabah

TARIAN SUMAZAU

This dance is a traditional dance of the people of Sabah are very famous in Sabah and in Malaysia. Sumazau is a Kadazandusun traditional dance. Ritual dance serves varied functions like a pulled Sumazau thanksgiving for activities associated with planting and harvesting rice and also to reject the army, menyemah spirit, and cure disease. Movement and rhythm of dance is elegantly slowly and gently. Dancers, male and female, will face their future and moving his legs with small steps, heels up and down to the rhythm of the song. While dancing flapping hands and move it down just like a bird flying. Dance usually danced elegantly welcoming the Harvest festival (day crowd) and during the banquet.

                              

TARIAN LIMBAI

This dance is a native dance community Bajau tribe. Limbai dance danced while celebrating the arrival of the groom paraded to the bride's house. As soon as the bridal entourage arrived, the procession paused, then Limbai dance performed in front of the bride. It was a special occasion as a gesture to invite the bride's house to perform wedding ceremonies ie qabul consent. Rhythm and language accompanying dance troupe members of the bride's house. Dancers waving their scarves as a symbol of welcoming and warm welcome.

                                   

TARIAN SUMAYAU

It is a dance of the Dusun indigenous tribes District that is also known as Madsayau. SUMAYAU a special dance to celebrate hired or called in Dusun Mengahau. As such it is not danced in joyful occasions such as festive and so on.

Dance performance led by a Monolian of women with advanced age and the knowledge of certain ceremonies. It should also Monolian descendant.

Mengahau is an event held in a big way and will take up to five days five malam.Tujuannya is to study the gum-gum (gum-gum is a great tampian) to respect or revere the gum-gum, In addition to such ceremonies also is to commemorate deceased family of the deceased as a common feast made ​​by the Muslim Malay community.

As soon as the music began, the dancers danced and went straight to the room or the ring dance. Move the hands of the dancers is the rhythm of the song. Footwork is slow when compared with hand gestures. It just edged-insut moving very slowly. Move dance increase slightly as applause from the audience.

TARIAN MENGUNATIP

This is a traditional dance of the Murut community Kuhijau tribe (Kwijau). Magunatip derived from the "atip" which means flops. It is this dance dancer legs wedged or torn between the two pieces of wood (bamboo) if being trapped. This dance usually does not require any instrumental music because the sound of bamboo that crashed together will create a powerful sound and interesting beats and rhythms. Dance Magunatip aims to tone up a ceremony held probelm.

TARIAN DALING-DALING

This is not the original dance dance Bajau Semporna District, but it was brought by the Suluk of Mindanao archipelago. Bajau and Suluk which often influence, then this dance famous as belonging to the Bajau community residing in Semporna. Daling-Daling word derived from the English word which means lover darling. This dance is a dance entertainment on certain occasions quatrains between male and female dancers.