The Fading Art of Ritual Saba Dance Preserving Traditional Medical thru Mystical Skills
This ritual dance can be seen in Ulu Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. Saba‟ Dance history can first be tracked more than 150 years ago, and it was founded by Tok Shaman Smudge or Tok Bomoh Comot. During this period, the Saba Dance was performed for medical purposes such as treating diseases o...
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1385/1/FH03-FRIT-17-11463.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1385/ |
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| Summary: | This ritual dance can be seen in Ulu
Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. Saba‟ Dance
history can first be tracked more than 150 years ago,
and it was founded by Tok Shaman Smudge or Tok
Bomoh Comot. During this period, the Saba Dance
was performed for medical purposes such as treating
diseases often related to mystical elements such as
supernatural entities and entertainment. The legend
related to this Saba was that Saba was a tree that
grew in a garden filled with flowers in the sky. The
garden was a place for the gods and goddesses to mix
and play. Materials such as peak oil (Saba) which was
used as the main ingredient, roasted, incense and
filled with assorted tools spirit used in this dance. The
dancers would perform dances around the tree Saba
and they were accompanied by traditional music and
sounds produced from bamboo called 'Bug'.. The
dance is a combination of three forms of art; songs,
music and dance. Traditional instruments such as the
Child Threshold (bamboo), Children Cerating or
Anak Cerating, tambourine (large drum) and flute
(flute) made the orchestration of music, while songs
were sung in contemporary verse. The dancers will
dance to the embodiment of animals. Often these
Games were held after the harvest, and also after
recovering from any illness. This dance is believed to
have existed in the state of Terengganu, situated in
the coast of Peninsula Malaysia since the time of the
religious transition Hindu – Buddhist – Islam
archipelago of Circa 13 AD. Presentation will begin
with incantations, perasap all musical instrument and
then Red Duang Singer or the main character of this
dance will swipe “children hermit”. Mohamed Najib
(2009), referring to various factors that caused the
erosion of traditional cultural activities, the culture of
the present society is the main reason why there are
fewer traditional arts activists around. Comparing
this to the life in urban areas, the word „our‟ is rarely
used as individualism, causing the diminishing of
„Malay fraternity because the word refers to the
gathering of Malay and when the Malays no longer
gather among themselves, the culture and arts
traditional activities would go away gradually. This
paper will be focusing on it historical and restoration.
As we all know, most of the Malay traditional dances
are slowly becoming extinct. That is why we have to
save and preserve all of them from becoming
extinction. Indeed, as a Malay that lives in Malaysia
and in Terengganu notably, the sense of pride of these
Malay traditional dances especially traditional ritual
dances should exist since it symbolizes the unique art
and highest degree of creativity. Moreover, this
research paper will also act as an effort towards the
traditional dance restoration as well as the preserving
of the Malay ritual dance that were nearly extinct. |
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