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  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001138
    Country Malaysia
    ICH Domain Performing Arts
    Address
    The State of Sabah, Malaysia
Description This is an original traditional dance of the Bajau. The Limbai dance is performed during a wedding ceremony. It is an act of welcoming the bridegroom and his entourage and to invite them to the bride’s house. The melody and rhythmic movements of the dancer will accompany the bridegroom to the bride's house and would preceed the "ijab-qabul" or wedding ceremony. The graceful movement of the dancers’ wrists will sway their shawls to express their warm welcome. The music accompanying the Limbai is called bertitik.
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The Malaysia Arts Cultural Practitioners Association (MACPA)

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