Malays are the largest ethnic group in Brunei, and there are many kinds of folk dances, including Samalindang Dance, Anding Dance, Adu-Adu Dance, Gibbon Dance, Adai-Adai Dance, Ponari Dance and Sekapu Dance. Folk dances in Brunei are usually performed when people celebrate the harvest, thank God, pray for ghosts and make wishes to the gods. Young men and women dressed in gorgeous costumes, or mighty and handsome, or beautiful and virtuous, sang their favorite songs, accompanied by coconut shells, violins, tambourines and drums, expressing beautiful love, the joy of harvest and the joy of labor. Adu-Adu dance, a Brunei folk dance, is a traditional folk dance of Kedayan people. It is basically performed in entertainment celebrations and often performed after harvest to express people's joy after harvest and pray for a bumper harvest next year. The dancers are mostly young men, with gorgeous clothes and great momentum. They danced to the fast-paced music with more steps, but not much. The steps are mainly a little step, skip step, hook step and so on. At the same time, the shoulders are in a small rhythm, and everyone knocks up and down with two and a half coconut shells. The movements in the whole dance process are not complicated, but the movements are perfectly coordinated with the music, and the opening and closing of arms and unique body movements make the dance atmosphere cheerful and the rhythm relaxed. There is also the Sekapu dance, which is basically the same as the Philippine dance, but the props used in the two countries are different. The Philippines uses bamboo poles and Brunei uses wooden poles. Now its performance function has changed. In the past, this kind of dance was performed to comfort the family of the deceased tribal leader, but now it is basically performed at weddings or entertainment occasions. There is only one drum instrument called "Shabi Gaotu" to accompany the Sekapu dance, and there is no song accompaniment.

There are many sacrificial dances in Brunei folk dances, which are related to the religious culture believed by Malays. They think everything is animism. When offering sacrifices to various gods and praying for their blessings, there are many dances related to sacrifices, such as Agaboshna dance before hunting, Hala dance to pray for a bumper harvest of rice, Gunuguan dance, Valkyrie dance, Bayang dance during fishing, Nyangbala dance, Nieiman Andu dance, etc., among which Valkyrie dance can be divided into Limba Valkyrie dance. Ding 'an dance is a kind of sacrificial dance in the history of Brunei dance, which is usually used to worship ghosts and gods, pray for God, and eliminate disasters and diseases. At the climax of the program, the dancers are still out of control as if driven out of their wits, and will talk to ghosts and gods. The language is difficult to understand and the movements are strange. Nowadays, the stability dance is not so sacrificial, and it is often performed during festivals or entertainment, usually accompanied by songs.

There are many social entertainment dances in Brunei's folk dances, such as Sabine Dance, Zhu Ji Dance, Maiilan Dance and Biling Dance. For example, Biling Dance, also called Banban Dance in Brunei, is a kind of dance with a plate in hand. It has a cheerful rhythm and is often danced in social occasions such as parties. Accompanied by cheerful music and dynamic melody, young men and women in Brunei carry plates, and with the change of upper body dance and footsteps, they deduce a unique sense of rhythm and convey a happy mood to people. And costume dancing. In Bandar Seri Begawan, the main city of Brunei, Malays and Chinese are mainly inhabited. Many of them are local aborigines and many are immigrants from other countries. They all gather here to do business. In the early days of the city, when Malays first settled here, dozens of water towns were formed, all of which were very characteristic wooden houses. At the China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning, Guangxi, Brunei girls and boys from bandar seri begawan wore gorgeous and grand costumes and danced in front of their unique buildings. The dance was cheerful, enthusiastic and dynamic, which infected many audiences at the scene.

There are many accompaniment instruments in Brunei folk dance, including coconut shells, tambourines, drums, gongs and other percussion instruments. For example, tambourines and gandang drums belong to drum instruments, while ducks and gongs, drummers and gambos belong to gong instruments. These accompaniment instruments play a role in setting off the atmosphere and directing the dance in the folk dances of the festival, Zhu Ji and Zaton. In addition, Brunei's folk dance props are rich, and Brunei people like to dance with props in their daily lives, such as baskets and dustpans. In the Brunei Exhibition Area of China-ASEAN Convention and Exhibition Center on 20 12, a variety of Brunei folk dances were also performed. Almost every dancer dances with props, such as a bamboo basket on her back, a silk scarf in her right hand, a red fan pinned to her waist, and a coconut shell in a man's hand.

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