Dances of Sabah & Sarawak

The book is an ethnographical study of the structural analysis of the major traditional dances of Sabah and Sarawak. The introduction gives a brief cultural/tribal history of the two sates of Sabah and Sarawak within the context of Borneo-Indo-Philippines cultural region as well as an account of the aesthetics of East Malaysian dances. The main part of the book delineates the dances and their ritualistic and secular functions followed by a structural analysis of the respective dances, that includes vocabulary and movement characteristics, choreography, costumes and accessories and the musical accompaniment.