This was no more the ordinary Tarian Zapin Melayu one is usually accustomed to. This was when hip hop elements are clearly infused into the zapin piece.Īdib and Fairoz, the 2 male dancers, started doing headstands, and then sommersault jumps. With a ‘1,2,3,4’ repetitive beat, and a sudden climax in the midst of the performance where the tone of the dance was suddenly changed – from a slow, calm one to that of a fast, mind-dizzying one. Hands outstretched at a poised angle, feet arched, as they move gracefully to the rebana beats. Its addictive rebana beats and the melodius accordian tune soon got the other dancers into the rhythm.īeads of perspiration forming on their forehead. The dancers were clearly tired from the 3-hour practice session, but exhaustion seems to evaporate from their faces once the music of ‘Zapin Bunga Hitam’ starts. To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations,
To dance is to reach for a word that doesn’t exist,
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