Malaysian Carnival

• To celebrate the diversity of Malaysians
• To show the richness of Malaysian cultures and traditions to the local community
• To raise awareness among local community about the positioning of Malaysia among Australia’s neighboring regions
• To promote tourism in Malaysia to the local community
• To bring Malaysian students and also Malaysians living in South Australia together in a memorable gathering.

Date : 3 August 2008

Place : Elder Park, Adelaide

Tentatives

08.30 am:   Preparation.
10.00 am:   Food Stalls open
                Arrival of Malaysian students, the general public and guests
11.30 pm:   Arrival of VIP
12.00 pm:   Official opening ceremony of the Malaysian Carnival ‘08
                Lion Dance
                Malay Traditional Dance
                Fashion Show
                Chinese Traditional Dance
                Indian Traditional Dance
                Malay Traditional Wedding
                Silat
                Dikir Barat
                Joget                
04.00 pm:   The Malaysian Carnival ‘08 closes

Lion Dance : A form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume.

Malay Traditional Dance

Inang : Inang dance is a modernized version of the traditional mak inang folk dance. It is performed at social functions. This dance moves at fast tempo set by the rebana (single headed drums in Malay Flock Music), biola and gendang.

Endang : Endang is a modern Malay dance that has the influence of Sumatra and practiced by the Minang community of Negeri Sembilan, as seen movements, costumes and music. The dance movements depict the daily activity of villagers such as plucking leaves and wiping sweat from the brow. The dance often begins with dancers seated in a long line performing arms movements that slowly increases in tempo. Sometimes the dancers hold traditional tambourines and make sounds with them while dancing. In Malaysia, this dance is performed to the song "Din Din Barindin" and present choreographers have developed it considerably.

Fashion Show: A showcase of traditional clothes from different races in Malaysia.

Tai-chi: Tai chi is classified as an internal Chinese martial art. Tai chi is typically practised for a variety of reasons: its soft martial techniques, demonstration competitions, health and longevity.

A Malay wedding ceremony spreads over two days, beginning with the akad nikah ceremony. The groom signs the marriage contract and agrees to provide the bride with a mas kahwin(dowry). After that, their hands are dyed with henna during the berinai besar ceremony. The bride's hair is also trimmed or her eyebrows shaped by a beautician known as the mak andam. The second day, the groom is accompanied by friends, relatives, musicians and bunga manggar (palm blossom) carriers to the bride's house where they are usually greeted with the sprinkling of yellow rice and scented water. Sometimes, the pencak silat or the traditional Malay sword dance is performed. To add gaiety to the joyful affair, the groom and his party are required to overcome humorous obstacles before being allowed to go in.

A Malay wedding begins with the akad nikah ceremony. The groom signs the marriage contract and agrees to provide the bride with a mas kahwin. After that, their hands are dyed with henna during the berinai besar ceremony. The bride's hair is also trimmed or her eyebrows shaped by a beautician known as the mak andam.

During the bersanding ceremony, the bridal couple will be seated on the dais and sprinkled with yellow rice and scented water by family members, relatives and guests as a sign of blessing. Each guest will receive a bunga telur, which means 'flower' and 'egg' - a symbol of a fertile union.

Silat is the Malay art of self-defence, which has many forms, styles or branches. It is a series of movements in which two exponents demonstrate gracefully how to fence and defend themselves. Silat has emerged as a popular demonstration of Malay strength and bravery especially during auspicious occasions such as weddings. The dancers wear complete but simple Malay costumes, usually black in colour with a band of cloth tied around their heads.

Dikir Barat is a form of group singing, which originated from Northern Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand. Like most folk performances, the Dikir Barat, in its traditional practice, is an avenue for social commentary. A Dikir Barat ensemble consists of two opposing groups who sing in a call-and-respond pattern. Each team is lead by a tukang karut or lyricist whose performance is judged by his ability to versify, his skill and his ingenuity for improvisation. While singing, the group members will do certain actions, especially the hands to brighten and enliven the performance. Handclapping and the striking of a gong accompany the entire performance.

The Joget is the most popular traditional dance throughout Malaysia performed at cultural festivals, wedding celebrations and other social functions. It is a couple dance and the tempo is fairly quick with the feeling of teasing and playing between the partners. In Malacca it is better known as Chakunchak. This possibly refers to the rhythm of the movements of the feet in Joget where there is transference of weight to the beat 1& 2, rather similar to a ‘step ball change’ in Western dance.

1. Information Booth
2. Tourism Malaysia
3. Batik & Handycraft
4. MISSA & ISSUA
5. OSA {Overseas Student Association, University of Adelaide}
6. LSS {Lingkaran Sahabat Sastera}

• Traditional Games - A new game every hour from 12:00 pm
• Roti Canai Demonstration - Every 40 minutes from 11:00 am

Project Manager
Izrul Zainal Abidin

Assistant Project Manager
Mohd Azreen Zhafran Omar

Food Stalls Directors
Ahmad Muslim Ahmad Roslan
Mohd Nazri Baharom

Exhibition Director
Mohd Shahril Awang

Performance Director
Chin Yin Fung Alwyn

Secretary
Noor Shaheeza Isham

Assisstant Secretary
Siti Sarah Ramli

Finance Director
Mohd Munir Omar

Assisstant Finance Director
Teo Ho San

Sponsorship Directors
Farouk Ramli

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