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AHLI KUMPULAN:
DHIFA BINTI MARZUKI
FELICIA FRANCIS
MUHAMMAD AMIR ASYRAF BIN YUSSUF
MUHAMAD FAHMI BIN ABD HAMID

PENASIHAT:
DR ISHAM SHAH HASSAN

ABSTRACT
Malaysia is known to be a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society.
There are 32.6 million citizens living in Malaysia. They are divided to
a few different ethnic groups. The main ethnic groups in our country
are the Malays with 50.1%, Chinese with 22.6%, Indigenous
Bumiputra group with 11.8%, Indians with 6.7% and the other
ethnics with 0.7%. The arts of Malaysia draw on the varied cultures
of different people of Malaysia. Arts present in several ways such as
dance, clothing, food, crafts and many more. Various customs and
cultures can be learned from this multiracial society, especially from
Malays, Chinese and Indians’ dance and also their costumes during
events or daily outfit. Dance can be defined as an art of dance of the
body, legs and hands according to the rhythm of the music played.
The dance performed by each tribe has its own origin and purpose.
Dance is one of the popular arts that reflects the races’ background.
These dances are mostly performed during festivals, cultural shows
and religious ceremonies. Common Malaysian traditional dances
are Zapin dance, Joget dance, Inang dance, Candle dance, Chinese
Lion dance, Dragon dance, Fan dance, Bharata Natyam dance and
Bhangra dance. People from different ethnic backgrounds have
distinct sets of traditional attire that reflect their cultures. Each race
has their own traditional attire for men and women. Malays men
usually wear baju melayu, wrap with sampin and songkok on top of
their head. Meanwhile, Malays women wear baju kurung that have
two pieces, loose-fitting blouse and long skirt match with scarf to
cover their head. Chinese men wear short-sleeves or long-sleeves
changshan and the women wear long-dress cheongsam. In addition,
Indians men wear long knee-length shirt kurta while women wear
saree that always match with the blouse.