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Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright Manage No EE00001240 Country Malaysia ICH Domain Performing Arts Address The state of Sarawak, Malaysia
| Description | Datun Julud means ‘long dance’ in the language of the Kenyah Dayak, ‘Hivan Joh’ for the Kayan tribe and ‘Arang Kadang’ for the Kelabit tribe. Traditionally, Datun Julud is performed by a group of women in the Orang Ulu customary receptions. This dance, that symbolizes happiness and gratefulness to the Great Angel, is said to have been created by the king of the Dayak Kenyah tribe in Apo Nayan called Nyik Selong who is brave in playing with weapon that it is difficult to compete him. However, he still doesn’t have an inheritor. In the end one of his daughters-in-law conceived and gave birth to a would-be inheritor. As a sign of gratitude all the longhouse residents were in festivities and danced with graceful movements. Datun Julud normally begins as a solo performance by a female dancer barefooted, and she dances spontaneously with movement akin to the movement of a flying hornbill. Bird’s feathers are inserted in between the fingers of both her hands. All the dancer’s body parts move except the head to avoid too many movements around the heavy copper earrings. With slow and graceful moves the dancer performs according to the beat and music of ‘Sapedan Jatung Utang’. Her dance steps concentrate on the feet movement that is as if ‘walking on ground’, while the hand movement is as if ‘floating or flying in air” If performed in a longhouse, the performance is normally encircling the living room of the village head and sometimes in the whole longhouse, followed by the people who are there then. After performing another female dancer takes her place and this continues until all the females have taken their turns. Nowadays, Datun Julud is a part of the dances usually performed at a longhouse and in celebration events to receive visitors and tourists. |
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Datun Julud
"Datun Julud" means "long dance" in Dayak Kenyah language, "Hivan Joh" in Kayan, and "Arang Kadang" in Kelabit. It is traditionally danced by a group of ladies on ceremonious occasions, by the Orang Ulu people of Borneo. The Datun Julud was said to have been created by a Kenyah prince called Nyik Selung, to symbolise happiness and gratitude. A solo dancer, a barefooted woman, usually begins the dance, moving spontaneously with a fluid motion to emulate a hornbill in flight. Gracefully, gently, the dancer moves her arms, legs and torso, careful to keep her head erect and motionless so as to keep her earrings - heavy brass ornaments that dangle from elongated earlobes - from swaying too much. The dancer is usually dressed in a colourful sarong and an elaborate headdress, which is adorned with protruding tufts symbolising the deities. To represent the wings of the hornbill, she holds beautiful fans made out of the feathers of the sacred bird. After she is done, another woman takes her place, and this goes on until all the women in the longhouse have each taken their turn. On various occasions, the dance is performed by a group of up to four women. The Datun Julud is often accompanied by the beautiful sounds of the sape, a traditional lute peculiar to the Orang Ulu community or "upriver people" of central Borneo. Today, the Datun Julud has become a dance of formal entertainment that is often performed in the rumah panjang (longhouse) to greet visitors and tourists.
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Datun Julud
"Datun Julud" means "long dance" in Dayak Kenyah language, "Hivan Joh" in Kayan, and "Arang Kadang" in Kelabit. It is traditionally danced by a group of ladies on ceremonious occasions, by the Orang Ulu people of Borneo. The Datun Julud was said to have been created by a Kenyah prince called Nyik Selung, to symbolise happiness and gratitude. A solo dancer, a barefooted woman, usually begins the dance, moving spontaneously with a fluid motion to emulate a hornbill in flight. Gracefully, gently, the dancer moves her arms, legs and torso, careful to keep her head erect and motionless so as to keep her earrings - heavy brass ornaments that dangle from elongated earlobes - from swaying too much. The dancer is usually dressed in a colourful sarong and an elaborate headdress, which is adorned with protruding tufts symbolising the deities. To represent the wings of the hornbill, she holds beautiful fans made out of the feathers of the sacred bird. After she is done, another woman takes her place, and this goes on until all the women in the longhouse have each taken their turn. On various occasions, the dance is performed by a group of up to four women. The Datun Julud is often accompanied by the beautiful sounds of the sape, a traditional lute peculiar to the Orang Ulu community or "upriver people" of central Borneo. Today, the Datun Julud has become a dance of formal entertainment that is often performed in the rumah panjang (longhouse) to greet visitors and tourists.
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