Lion Dance

Want To Know About Lion Dance in Malaysia

November 15, 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized

Are you in Malaysia? Then you would like to know something about the country. And It’s a country with differences in diversity of festivals and celebrations. Malaysia is the vibrant, thriving nation located near to the equator, longitudes 1-7° N and 100 – 119° E, in the very heart of South East Asia. It is a country with two landmasses – one is Peninsular Malaysia and the other is Malaysian Borneo – where in both are 640 km apart, divided by the South China Sea. The total land in Malaysia is 330,434km².hence there are different kinds of people celebrating there own festivals, one of such cultural festival is Lion Dance

The Lion dance is one that forms of dance, which is vigorous and is different from any other dance form in Malaysia; it is performed in Chinese functions and festivals (New Year in China).The origin of lion dance is closely linked with the origin of Chinese new-year Parties. What we have heard is, during ancient times there was a mythological creature named Nian terrorised China and it seems that they devoured there people on the New Year eve. The only animal to wound this beast creature was the lion. Hence, what the villagers did was that they made masks, dressed themselves like a lion, and started frightening the beast.

In accordance with the legend (Lion), Lion dance in Malaysia is believed to welcome good fortune, as well say bid bye to evil spirits. Our lion dance is known for its perfect elegance, co-ordination and nerves of steel. We have a minimum of two dancers to give life to a lion – one to control the head, eyes and mouth movements where in our other dancers will act as the body. One of our first dancer who controls the head will determine the movements, where as the second will move to the rhythm of the head. This is not a simple task for our dancers because the lion’s head is brilliantly adorned with lot of feathers, glitter and fur; it weights from 9kg to 15kg and is considerably a heavy burden to hold this specially while moving vigorously.

We make the head of the lion with papier-mache or bamboo at times even both, It is made in such a way that eyes will blink and the mouth will snap. Therefore, our first dancer should have perfect co-ordination in spite of creating any burden to the others.

The crowd to see this particular dance act is more than another other. It has gained large popularity in the near past. Hence, we started providing services throughout Malaysia. If you need more information about Lion dance in Malaysia, please do not hesitate to contact us. We offer these dancers as well as the full costumer dance through out Malaysia. Let us know your need and we will provide you with the estimate and other details of the act. We are the once who can provide you with the colorful lions and professional dancers throughout Malaysia.

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Lion Dance Activities and Lion Dance Services in Malaysia

November 15, 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized

The traditional Lion dance (Chinese) is a part of festival and culture found in the opening of restaurants, weddings, Chinese festivals and so on. The people over here believe that it will bring happiness and prosperity and can scare the evil. I don’t know whether you have heard about it. This years New Year in china was celebrated in Kopitiam with the tradional culture of lion dance .It has been so popular in Malaysia as well because they also believe in Chinese customs and traditions.

Did you know? Lion Dance Activities in Malaysia has become so popular. The lion dance consists of head tail and percussion of Buddha. It is believed that being a head dancer is prestigious since they are the once who decide the movement of the lion, where as the others have to be with the head. The person who is controlling the head decides whether it should show the anger or the lion’s youth (cub).It is left to the head artist to decide the one he wishes.

Our dancers are enticed with gifts i.e. usually ang and pow (red packets of money) often attached to a vegetable, which is tied to a pole. The pole is placed at a door or near to window side. Our dancers try to take these gifts and make it look as if the lion devoured them.

Often, our lion Dance Activities in Malaysia are accompanied by two or three other dancers who will act as jokers and tend to provoke the lion; the dance is performed to the beat of tagu i.e. Chinese drum with clanging of cymbals.

During this auspicious festive season. Our Services in Malaysia keep on traveling in trucks i.e. during the fifteen-day period of The New Year in China. Our artisans are usually hired to perform in individual homes, business premises i.e. hotels or shopping complexes and in some community and social gatherings. However, it is not that unusual to see them outside other than the New Year season, it is also in popular demand within the Chinese community for ceremonies, which could be the launch of new business, or for welcoming of dignitaries.

Lately, our dancers started competing with artists from other parts of the world and we took away prizes. Hence, in the recent years it’s considered as a sport as well. Hence, we started delivering Services in Malaysia so that the needed need not go out of the country. We have experienced artists who can entertain and thrill the crowd. We do have unique styles of performing in crowd. Our artists are masters in this profession. Moreover, if you are one among them who are planning to organize such an activity you can always fix an appointment to get our attention. In return, we will provide you with excellent services, we are known for servicing skills. We do not believe in just saying we believe in performance. We promise you to deliver the best service.

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