Malaysian Traditional Dance

Assalamualaikum

Hi ! okay...for the traditional dance from Malaysia, we both choose Ulik Mayang, an history dance from Terengganu. 

History about Ulik Mayang :

The Ulek Mayang is said to have its origin in an ancient tale about a sea-princess who fell in love with a fisherman. The princess abducted the fisherman's soul, leaving his body unconscious. His friends entreated a bomoh (shaman) to heal him. When the bomoh conducted the healing ritual to bring the fisherman's soul back, the princess appeared and responded by calling on five of her sisters to her aid. The battle between the bomoh and the six princesses continued until the seventh and the eldest princess appeared and put an end to it.

"I know your origins,” says the eldest princess, and she commands everyone, "Let those from the sea to return to the sea, and those from the land to return to the land."

The grateful bomoh and the fisherman’s friends present the princess with coloured rice as an offering to the spirits of the sea. This practice, along with the Ulek Mayang dance, continued until the Islamic revival movement of recent decades.

why we choose ulek mayang?

We choose this traditional dance because of their dance and the costume.The dance actually is for spiritual. The element of the dance, gentle for the 1st song but when the song came to corus it become faster but still gentle. so, the dance is gentle and beutiful. And for the costume, I kinda like it because every 7 princess wear traditional crown and when they dance they will hold the cloth for the start dance until the end of the dance.

 The difference between ulik mayang and other traditional dance, is because of the song. some people believe if we sing the complete lyric of ulek mayang song, they will came haunting he/she  that sing the song and he/she will exposed beams. Thats why, if we look the lyric the princess 3 and 5 didn't mention. people didn't want to put the complete lyric because they afraid something will happen to someone that sing the song completely.

Ulek mayang ku ulek

Ulek dengan jala jemala

Ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan tuannya puteri

Ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan jala jemala

Ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan puterinya dua

Puteri dua berbaju serong

Puteri dua bersanggol sendeng

Puteri dua bersubang gading

Puteri dua berselendang kuning

Umbok mayang diumbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Nok ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan puterinya empat

Puteri empat berbaju serong

Puteri empat bersanggol sendeng

Puteri empat bersubang gading

Puteri empat berselendang kuning

Umbok mayang diumbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Nok ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan puterinya enam

Puteri enam berbaju serong

Puteri enam bersanggol sendeng

Puteri enam bersubang gading

Puteri enam berselendang kuning

Umbok mayang diumbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Nok ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan puterinya tujuh

Puteri tujuh berbaju serong

Puteri tujuh bersanggol sendeng

Puteri tujuh bersubang gading

Puteri tujuh berselendang kuning

Umbok mayang diumbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Nok ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan tuannya puteri

Tuan puteri berbaju serong

Tuan puteri bersanggol sendeng

Tuan puteri bersubang gading

Tuan puteri berselendang kuning

Umbok mayang diumbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Nok ulek mayang diulek

Ulek dengan tuannya puteri

Ku tahu asal usul mu

Yang laut balik ke laut

Yang darat balik ke darat

Nasi berwarna hamba sembahkan

Umbok mayang ku umbok

Umbok dengan jala jemala

Pulih mayang ku pulih

Pulih balik sedia kala

reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulek_mayang