We drove to Mid Valley Megamall yesterday morning to witness a spectacular lion dance performance scheduled at 12. Most Malaysians (particularly my children) look forward to lion dance performance every Chinese New Year. One day, may be we'll join the crowd at the Genting World Lion Dance Championship at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands.
The lion dance commemorates a lagendary lion which frightened away a mythological beast that attacked the people on new year eve in ancient China. Besides,the dance is believed to usher good fortune, as well as ward off evil spirits. I have heard of shop and restaurant owners rewarding a large sum of money in red ang pows to the dancers.
The lion dance is performed in countries like China, Singapore, Malaysia and even the USA. It marks important events like festivals, weddings, or launching of business, etc. Renowned actors like Jet Li and Wong Fei Hong have also starred in lion dance movies - hmmm...Very interesting.
For those who haven't seen a live performance of the lion dance, check out the schedules at Mid Valley and other nearby places. The lions are very cute and adorable. The choreography makes you forget that there are talented boys underneath the lion costume! One thing for sure - the lions are definitely our country's latest team of acrobats, indeed - displaying such elegance and accuracy in every move.
This is one special performance we'll never miss every year. Do you have anything like it in your family calendar? Perhaps you can share with us here in this blog. Here are two of the many video clips I took yesterday, from 1st floor centre court, Mid Valley Megamall. Enjoy...
The lion dance commemorates a lagendary lion which frightened away a mythological beast that attacked the people on new year eve in ancient China. Besides,the dance is believed to usher good fortune, as well as ward off evil spirits. I have heard of shop and restaurant owners rewarding a large sum of money in red ang pows to the dancers.
The lion dance is performed in countries like China, Singapore, Malaysia and even the USA. It marks important events like festivals, weddings, or launching of business, etc. Renowned actors like Jet Li and Wong Fei Hong have also starred in lion dance movies - hmmm...Very interesting.
For those who haven't seen a live performance of the lion dance, check out the schedules at Mid Valley and other nearby places. The lions are very cute and adorable. The choreography makes you forget that there are talented boys underneath the lion costume! One thing for sure - the lions are definitely our country's latest team of acrobats, indeed - displaying such elegance and accuracy in every move.
This is one special performance we'll never miss every year. Do you have anything like it in your family calendar? Perhaps you can share with us here in this blog. Here are two of the many video clips I took yesterday, from 1st floor centre court, Mid Valley Megamall. Enjoy...
9 comments:
I wish that I can watch Japanese dance in Japanese Festival in Malaysia..Haha..Out of topic!
i live in chinese neighbourhood. so everytime CNY come, i can watch lion dance just in front of my house. they are so great bcoz they can cooperate together to make that graceful move inside that huge lion thingy.
In our multi-ethnic community, it is good that we are able to appreciate the cultural identities of our fellow Malaysians. This way, we can also enrich our knowledge and understanding of each other. Thumbs up!
actually i haven't got any chance to watch this perfomances..
perhaps another time i wish i could have this opportunities..
but i love watching this on television as it is so fascinating..
I cant say I really love the perfomance, but I look forward to it... I use to watch it every year before with my best friend who is a chinese and have a good laugh afterwards. Its always quite amazing how good they actually are. THey're amazing, those boys under the lion i mean...
After the lion dance, there are always those other chinese perfomance, like the drums playing and the fan dance. I really enjoy those. They had a perfomance in school before every year...
miss those times...
Way to go, macho and ara...from one Malaysian to another Malaysian.
i love watching lion dance! especially the loud sound and music which attracts me to watch it till the end.. tho the lion's head is quite scary; with the big eyes like it wants to eat people, but who cares? i love the music okay! :D and just imagine..the one who have to hold the back of the lion..he has to bend his body most of the time! pity him..
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