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  2. Pantun - Wikipedia

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    Elements of metaphors, similes, symbols, personifications, eponyms, allusions, idioms and proverbs are abound in the elegantly compacted Malay pantuns. [41] In Malay culture, pantun is an important instrument of communication in various social, cultural, and economic activities. It is used traditionally to express feelings, to give advice, to ...

  3. Folklore of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    For example, Ghazal Melayu can be heard in all over Malaysia but it is most associated with Johor district of Muar. In Ghazal Melayu, poets and singers vocalize pantun or syair to the middle eastern and Indian-inspired music called Ghazal Melayu. This form of folk-singing is also performs at weddings and cultural festivals.

  4. Zapin - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Zapin (Jawi: زافين) is one of the most popular dance and musical forms in traditional Malay performing arts. Dance movements are choreographed to melodies, which are performed using musical instruments such as the gambus (short-necked lute), accordion, and rebana. [8] It is believed to have been introduced by Persian and Arab ...

  5. Pantoum - Wikipedia

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    Structure. The pantoum is a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines throughout the poem. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final stanza ...

  6. Dance in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Filipino rituals are often shown in dance, because for Filipinos, dance is the highest symbolic form. It transcends language and is able to convey emotions, collective memory, and articulate their purpose. Dance in this case, is the fundamental expression of their complex message and intention.

  7. List of Asian folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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    Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what ...

  8. Yapong dance - Wikipedia

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    Yapong dance is colored by Betawi folk dance, then processed by the inclusion of elements of pop dance, including elements of Sumatran dance. Because Betawi culture is heavily influenced by elements of Chinese culture , the Yapong dance also contains elements of Chinese art, for example on the cloth worn by the dancers there is a dragon motif ...

  9. Music of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    Southeast Asian music encapsulates numerous musical traditions and styles in many countries of Southeast Asia. This subregion consists of eleven countries, namely, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, which accommodate hundreds of ethnic groups.