FOR residents of Kampung Batu Lima, a quiet Malay village in Muar, Johor, the rhythmic beats of drums and sight of two "lions" dancing through the streets during Hari Raya Aidilfirti proved to be ...

This post was updated Nov. 12 at 1:20 p.m. A Lion Dance team will be blessing the festivities of an upcoming auspicious occasion. Held in Los Angeles State Historic Park, the Making Memories ...

The Muhibah Lion Dance Troupe, established in 1984, is the first multiracial lion dance group in the country. Its name, Muhibah, is from the Malay word “muhibbah”, which means a feeling of ...

"For many of my boys, lion dance is like a gym session for us and many join us to be a part of a family," he said. With a long tradition dating back to imperial China, lion and dragon dances are ...

The Malay people have taken great interest in the lion dance, a tradition that emerged over a thousand years ago in China and has many admirers in modern Malaysia.

True to their name, the Muhibah Lion Dance Troupe is open to everyone, male and female, and has Malay, Chinese, Indian and East Malaysian members. Some of its Sabahan members have even started an ...

Among them is Adzwin Puteri Faizal, a petite Malay girl from Rawang in Selangor state, who is part of a troupe under the locally renowned Yong Jun Lion Dance Association.

HONG KONG: It is a well-known ancient art form, and now, the lion dance is set to be jointly nominated by China and Malaysia for Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list.

Dancers from the Asian American Dragon & Lion Dance Association perform the Chinese lion dance at the Westfield Garden State Plaza, 1 Garden State Plaza Parkway, in Paramus., New Jersey, on ...

But unlike most lion dance troupes in the multicultural city state, his 50-strong group, Kuo Chuan Arts Cultural, comprises mostly Malays and is the first of its kind in the Chinese-dominated ...