Saturday 16 November 2013

Tradition Dance.

Lotud Dance....this is our family's tradition since I was young but nowadays we are no longer saw this dances in everyday life. Thanks to the elderly people who are still giving a lesson to teach this dances to the young people as a rememberance  for the tradition. Nowadays we only can see these dances for a such big tradition event for tourist.

I am proud to be one of this tradition...I am also Lotud people in Tuaran District.. Actually my mom came from the district of Ranau. She is also called dusun. My dad is originally came from the district of Tuaran and he is pure Lotud's people. But my mom can speak Lotud language very fluently like my dad. Thank God ...I had four sibling.

Lotud people are one of the Dusunic groups of Sabah. The Lotuds are welknown for their very colourful costumes, and their dance, called Sumayau or Mongigol Tuaran. All in traditional settings were originally meant for worship, and so is the case of the Lotud dances as well as the dances of the sub-ethnic groups of the Dusun people(s). The sumayau is most noticeable because of the 'slow-motion' in the way it is executed, which is in contrast to the other Dusunic dances (the sumazau of Penampang, the mongigol of Kudat, et cetera) which are executed with faster beats. Some say it is boring but on closer inspection, and under careful study of the best dances (especially those done by experts doing them solo during a religious five-day ceremony), one would see that sumayau is extremely artistic and a very beautiful dance. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the sumayau is actually the most sophisticated and beautiful traditional dance in Sabah. The subtle refined movements of the sumayau, which involve the arms, shoulers, palms, legs and feet combine into something truly sublime. One impressive movement of the sumayau which is not found in other Sabah traditional dances is the wonderful sideway movement without the up-and-down motion, making the dancer appear to slide magically to one side. One can say that this unique slide of the Lotud dance is the ancient precursor of the moonwalk!

Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24bzXI-k__w

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