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Mak yong (Jawi: مق يوڠ ; Thai: มะโย่ง, RTGS: ma yong) is a traditional form of dance-drama from northern Malaysia, particularly the state of Kelantan. It was banned by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party because of its animist and Hindu - Buddhist roots which pre-date Islam in the Asian region by far. [ 1 ]
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Similar to Mak Yong, the stories are presented through dialogue, song and dance. The musicians and actors of the theatre are exclusively male, playing both male and female roles. The basic dance movements are limited, abbreviated, crude and mainly focus on the arms, especially the to-and-fro, and up and down swinging.
ḍita from Sanskrit Paṇḍita (पण्डित) meaning wise man or scholar; or Chinese 狄 ("Di") ឌិន: dɨn: Din: from ḍina (डिन) in Pali meaning flight ឌី Dy ឌុល: dul: Dul: from ḍula (डुल) in Pali meaning earring or tremble ឌួង: duəŋ: Duong: Chinese 東/东 (east) តក់ Tok Droplets of water ...
Nik Zainal Abidin, Seni Kelantan, 1958, Oil on canvas; depicting Wayang Kulit Siam puppets, Menora and Mak yong performers, Gamelan, Wau bulan and Gasing (spinning top) The Terengganuan pinas Naga Pelangi sailing butterfly. A swan-shaped Malaysian congkak displayed in the Muzium Negara. One of George Town, Penang's wrought-iron caricatures.
Maki (まき, マキ) is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.. Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive):
The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed ( 勺 , 銑 , 脹 , 錘 , 匁 ).
Sino-Japanese vocabulary, also known as kango (Japanese: 漢語, pronounced, "Han words"), is a subset of Japanese vocabulary that originated in Chinese or was created from elements borrowed from Chinese. Some grammatical structures and sentence patterns can also be identified as Sino-Japanese.