Keep 'em coming!Thx guys!I love it all!

My conclusion.....

Philippine Dance - European(Spanish) + Native. (except for those found in Mindanao and Cordilleras).

Thailand, Cambodia and Laos - Indian + Native.

Indonesia - Indian + Muslim + Native. (Except in Papua)

Malaysia - Indian + Muslim + Chinese + Native.

Vietnam - Very Chinese.

Myanmar - Indian + Chinese + Native.

Majapahitans,
Indonesia is the world's most populouse Islamic nation and very powerful in its region. Is there any kind of dances that represent the Islamic culture?

indonesia is islamic? i thought they were buddhists

As lemongrass said, we're the country with the biggest muslim population in the world
I'll try to find Islamic dances of Indonesia later...

Thai and Bali dances are very beautiful and unique.

Thx, STFU!Bali is Indonesia's pride and joy.
Anyway, here's the Islamic dance from Indonesia as I promised. I think Saman Dance from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province is the best representation of Islamic dance from Indonesia. The Saman dancers are dancing while chanting greetings of peace (Salaam).

Here's a video of Acehnese Saman Dance, danced by Indonesian students in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKya74KLpZc
Here's another video of Saman Dance, danced by Vietnamese, American, and Saudi Arabian with their Indonesian fellows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYmTGnt0mw

Yeah...
About a millenia ago... most of Indonesian ancestors are Buddhist (Shailendra, Srivijaya, Singhasari), and Hindu (Tarumanagara, Mataram, Kediri, Singhasari, Majapahit, Pajajaran). Since the fall of Majapahit empire Islam become the major religion in the archipelago.



Yes... Indonesia have the largest Islamic population, but we not a stricly Islamic state. In some province non-Islam religions are the majority. In Bali Hinduism is predominant. In East Nusa Tenggara, Roman Catholic church rule. While in North Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua Christianity is the majority. Buddhism still have significant followers in Indonesia.

Bali. I remember snapple had a drink called baliblast, and they pulled the product line out after the bombings. good drink though..

Indonesia is one of the place I have not been to and I preciate you giving me the composite about your country. (tri mankasi) I hope I got that right.

Bhaskara,
Thank you for sharing the videos. It was very unique and interesting. This is the first time I have such dances before.

i use limewire and if you say its IE then how about you try firefox?

U r most welcome, lemongrass. Where do u live?Are u going to visit Indonesia very soon?I can be ur guide!Free of charge, of course!

ah that explains its .. you see, i asked about that cause i was at the local world store a few weeks ago and saw lots of buddha wood carvings which all had a 'made in indonesia' tag

Isn't this nice, goomba?We learn new things here from AF. So now u know what to answer when people ask u what is the most populous Muslim nation in the world. Not in the Middle East, not in Africa, but right here in our own South East Asia

The truth is, whatever religion an Indonesian has (Christian, Muslim, etc), we're still proud of our Hindu and Buddhism heritage

interesting ... are woman forced to dress like wear a viel and cover the face except the eyes? and do woman have to be accompanied by men in public?

hijab is only worn by muslim women & its usually acehnese & a few javanese women that do that. in the world of islam, indonesia is considered moderate. and not all of indonesia is muslim. flores, muluku, & irian jaya are mostly catholic while parts of java, lombok, and all of bali is mostly hindu.

Is that what u think of Muslim Woman? Figures. I'll let these pics do the answering:


These women are Indonesians, and they are also Muslims
They are allowed to wear veils if they want to, but they are not obliged to do that.
A pic of an Indonesian girl in veil:

Indonesian girls can wear pretty much anything they want:

that's hot lol .. i see now .. thanks bhakara and najjiah

U r welcome, goomby!Oh, and Avatar rocks!I'm buying the PS2 Game today, can't wait to play it! Wouldn't it be great if they put South East Asian Cultures in it too?

Najjiah my filipina pal, next time u visit Indonesia, we should really meet!

Ramayan Legong Dance in Ubud, Bali... INDONESIA.

Thanks for the offer to be my tour guide.
I am presently working in the US. I very much like to visit Indonesia and blend in with the locals because I look like one. However I only have 30 days off this year to go get married in Thailand. In the future, I will look you up and visit those Buddhist Temples. So far the closest I have been to Indonesian/Malay culture was in Singapore, at Galang Street Bizzare. I hope you have been there. It was a very busy place.

yeah that would be nice if they were to include South East Asian cultures. they could at least find some use of apsara dances -- btw, the avatar game is not so good i played the NIntedno DS version -- i think it was way too short. a mere 14 hours of gameplay isnt so satisfying ..

back on topic -- i found some pix for the khmer peacock dance ...

these are really small - sorry





and here's the butterfly dance (im not even sure if this is cambodian dance) - though i've never seen this dance in performance, i must say it looks interesting

our peacock dance is inspired by the kola people (burmese minority). it is a dance that is originally from burma and northern thailand (lanna).

i think the butterfly dance is a somewhat new dance craated recently.

Dude, where did you learn that from? I'm not denying the influence. I'm just curious because it's just strange how someone like you, and plz take no offence, who is not so in-tuned with Khmer culture is able to know that.

Technically that Pailin peacock dance is not from Burma. Their costumes actually look different. The Pailin peacock dance uses costumes which have strong Khmer flairs to it, if you will. If you go to Burma or Lanna, it actually looks very different. But it does have Burmese influence, it's not even a traditional dance in the sense that it was performed by the people. It is a national dance that created to show how the Kola people are like, how they dress and stuff.

here is more info about the peakcock dance



http://www.cambodianculturalvillage.com/tr.../default_03.htm

Those pics are humongous, Najjiah! Thx anyway....It's from ur last visit to Indonesia, huh?I bet u even have some pictures of Matahari

Thx for the pics, goomby. I've seen the Indian Peacock dance, so it's nice to see the Cambodian one. It seems more dynamic than the Indian one. We have a peafowl dance too here in Indonesia, but danced by girls.
Tari Merak-West Java (Sundanese)




Since mushrooms is here, I want to ask u something. How was Cambodia able to preserve its precious cultures and arts under the communism?I think its quite an accomplishment!How old is the Apsara Dance?


You're going to get married?Congratulation!So, it's going to be a Thai Wedding?Pls send me the pics, okay!I really want to know how a Thai wedding woud look like....
Yeah, I've been to Singapore, it's a great country. But Malay and Indonesia cultures are quite different....

^ awesome pics, bhaskara! LOVE the javanese head ornaments. the detail is AMAZING.



yeah. i just took pics of everything. im worse than a japanese tourist. i snap away like crazy & sometimes it annoys people. lolz!

Thx Najjiah, but the "Tari Merak" dancers not wearing Javanese head ornaments. It's Sundanese head ornaments. Living in the western part of Java Island, they are the neighbor of the Javanese people, and although their culture is very influenced by the Javanese, they are very proud of themselves. U see the building behind the girl in the 3rd pic?It's the Kraton Cirebon, the palace of West Java.

Dear Bhaskara,
There will be a wedding in Thailand but it will be a Khmer Wedding. I am Khmer who are from Thailand, who have been there before Siam or Thailand have ever existed. It is very difficult to tell which culture is Thai/Siam or Khmer; the only thing that we are different is that the spoken lagnuage is a bit different.
There will be lots of pictures to share with our friends. Thanks for asking.

is that sinulog
[img]http://www.ngkhai.net/cebupics/thumbnails/festival queen5.jpg[img]

Dear Bhaskara,
There will be a wedding in Thailand but it will be a Khmer Wedding. I am Khmer who are from Thailand, who have been there before Siam or Thailand have ever existed. It is very difficult to tell which culture is Thai/Siam or Khmer; the only thing that we are different is that the spoken lagnuage is a bit different.
There will be lots of pictures to share with our friends. Thanks for asking.

Ah, maybe it' the same thing as Sundanese and Javanese people, except now they have the same nationality, Indonesia.
I'll be waiting!I love cultures, and ur wedding pics would make me very happy!May I know the date of ur big day?

A Southeast asian dance adopted by the Filipinos from their formal colonists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71g5CY4fMC4

^ i was thinking of tinikling

students as legong dancers in pura taman ayun, bali.





barong dance in batubulan (moonstone village).





sri ramayana dance in ubud

ye forealz!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYGKyw-jfkc

young (american) khmer kids practicing classical dance

http://cambodian-buddhist.org/dancepic_2005/index.htm

QUOTE(Sonofvisayas @ Jan 3 2007, 05:10 PM) *

A Southeast asian dance adopted by the Filipinos from their formal colonists laugh.gif embarassedlaugh.gif laugh.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71g5CY4fMC4


ye forealz! rockon.gif laugh.gif embarassedlaugh.gif

Hey, aren't we supposed to post "TRADITIONAL" dance over here?
Besides, that's EVERYONE's colonist

there's a cambodian apsara where they dance with candles and fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFw8Oh4R7ss...ted&search=

najiah - those student's costume is very colourful and vibrant. it's beautiful .. are those men really men in the sri ramayana dance?

wow! apsara dance looks wonderful! reminds me of this pilipino dance called "pagdanggo sa ilaw". but they use a candle in a glass while they dance & they wear spanish style costumes.

about the sri ramayana dance... yeah. its men with lots of makeup & that hitler moustache. they do the same kind of makeup on men in indian dances in kerala.



heres a pic from google.

^ oh i see .. in khmer apsara dances, i think woman play the role as men and only men play as the monkey man character. but i swear, i've also seen a khmer apsara with men portraying as men ..

here's pandanggo sa ilaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsSEIjj-b3U

Why did u ask, Goomby?Maybe it's because male dancers are viewed as "feminine" in ur country?I'm just guessing. Because it's like that in most part of Indonesia.

The truth is, for the Balinese, they live in art. The Balinese children learn to dance in a very young age, both girls and boys. Right after they came home from school, they'd go to the dance school with other children.

I think I've seen that costume before from Discovery Channel. It's a real pain in the as to wear that kind of make up, it take hours!U gotta give it to the Indian dancers

well i asked cause some khmer apsara dancers are actual female portraying males dancers (mom said it those warriors in green wielding swords are suppose playing as men) . my mom says actual men take part as the monkey man. however this here are men performers - which makes me question

scroll down to the seventh pix
http://mongkol.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/th...d-culture-expo/

btw i dont think wearing makeup is feminine -- the US is very hypocrite lol it's not okay for everyday men to wear makeup, but it's totally acceptable for a celeberty to wear 2 lbs of makeup for any occasion .. lol

Oh, those are indeed men. And the costumes they are wearing is really interesting. I wish I could take a closer look. I want to have a closer look at the King, too.
Hey, can u answer my question goomby?How old is the Apsara dance?
auh kun!

bhaskara - i have no clue but i know it is indeed old lol

i don't know how to say you're welcome in khmer hahahaha

U shouldn't be laughing u know!

I lurrrrrrveeeee this thread!

wow.. just beautiful

pandango sa ilaw is rural dance not a spanish? they're wearing the rural clothing