Sabah Traditional Dance/ Sazau Papar

SAZAU PAPAR
Sazau Papar is a traditional dance of the KadazanDusun ethnic group in Papar District on the west coast of Sabah. Originally this dance functioned in the Madsuwau ceremony which is the ceremony of worshiping the Dapu (tajau or urn that keeps the corpse). Dapu is believed to have a spirit that must be cared for, worshiped and fed so that the spirit does not disturb and anger the person who keeps it.
This dance is danced in pairs by men and women accompanied by the sound of gongs of various sizes and a drum. The movement of the female dancer's feet looks like a person threshing rice from the stalks, that is, the right heel meets the left heel like a V shape then interspersed with the right thumb meeting the left thumb and so on, which makes this dance quite unique. The male dancer dances with his arms wide open in front of the female dancer while twirling his waist.
The dance dress is the dress of the Kadazan Dusun Papar tribe consisting of a long-sleeved black shirt (called sia) and sia nopuak (a white shirt with lace and a high collar) and a cone-shaped hat called seraung. The male dancer's clothing is similar to the Sumazau Dance clothing, but is slightly different in terms of the arrangement of decorations on the clothes.
Malay Translation
Sazau Papar adalah tarian tradisional etnik KadazanDusun di Daerah Papar di pantai barat Sabah. Asalnya tarian ini berfungsi dalam upacara Madsuwau iaitu upacara memuja Dapu (tajau atau tempayan yang menyimpan mayat). Dapu dipercayai mempunyai semangat yang harus dijaga, disembah dan diberi makan supaya semangat berkenaan tidak menganggu dan marah terhadap orang yang menyimpannya.
Tarian ini ditarikan secara berpasangan lelaki dan wanita diiringi bunyi paluan gong yang pelbagai saiz dan sebiji gendang. Pergerakan kaki penari wanita kelihatan seperti orang yang sedang mengirik padi daripada tangkainya, iaitu tumit kanan bertemu tumit kiri seperti bentuk huruf V kemudian diselang dengan ibu jari kanan bertemu ibu jari kiri dan begitulah seterusnya, yang menjadikan tarian ini agak unik. Penari lelaki menari dengan tangan terbuka luas di hadapan penari wanita sambil memusingkan pinggang
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All footage was taken during Kaamatan Harvest Festival in KDCA, Penampang, Sabah performed by Timbangan Express, Tel No 0168331960

[@AmbrosMaran-uo1tt]

Beautiful Sabah

[@bryanjaymz6858]

.. proud to be a paparian .. 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@kimtaearmy1957]

Rancak ba klu tagung papar ni I'm so proud

[@AmazingSabah]

Aramaii 🎉

[@fredlelet]

That's what's make Papar special the dance . Dress

[@AmazingSabah]

✔️✔️✔️

[@fredlelet]

Yes unique proud to be Paparian .

[@Paco.Calderon.Gascon]

Beautiful video my friend.
Greetings and good week.

[@fredlelet]

The best proud to be Paparian

[@simline76]

Boleh tahan. .. sound jernih... budak pun pandai mangagung... Olundus kosumandakan..

[@AmazingSabah]

Sikou bro..salam minggu baru 💪

[@mysabahTV]

We were at KDCA on the same days. Too bad didn't get to meet you.

[@AmazingSabah]

Kinda hard to recognize anyone while everyone wears their sunglasses and face masks during that day. Hopefully I'll get the chance to rub shoulders with you too, MS

[@TonyMcGreal]

Fantastic performance 😎👍

[@BoyForest]

Terbaik 👍

[@pettylisa3681]

Tadau kaamatan