Mak Yong is an ancient Malay traditional dance theatre including singing, dancing, acting, vocal and instrumental music, gestures, elaborate costumes, comedy as well as improvised spoken text in a single performance. Mak Yong is believed to be appeared well before the Islamization of the country. It is extending from the Patani region of southern Thailand through Kelantan, a north eastern state of West Malaysia. The majority of Mak Yong performances involved acting therefore no script were ever constructed for the dialogs. The stories were usually memorized by the actors, musicians and comedians who have performed the Mak Yong for several times. The acting skill utilized in Mak Yong theatre is mostly taking into account spontaneous creation.
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This theatre included dancing, acting, music as well as improvised monologues and dialogues. First, the performer came out and sat opposite the ‘rebab’ where the main character sang Lagu Menghadap Rebab together with the members of the chorus or ‘Jong Dondang’. They performed Tarian Menghadap Rebab which was divided into several sections: namely, sitting, kneeling, squatting, standing and walking. Then, it was followed by the next dancing and acting. They danced Tarian Sedayong Mak Yong before leaving Pak Yong performed on the main stage alone. Pak Yong sang Sedayong Pak Yong and call out Peran Tua. Peran Tua appeared and Pak Yong asked Peran Tua to call out his friend, Peran Muda. Peran Tua sang Lagu Saudara on his way to call out Peran Muda. After they met each other, …show more content…
There were several props used by the performers which have different functions respectively. Peran used wooden dagger and scarf during their performances. The wooden dagger depicts either an umbrella, a pencil, paddle and various other theatrical needs. The control of these props relies on the virtuosity of the characters which incorporates just the Pak Yong and Peran. Whereas, Pak Yong used 'rotan berai' during his performance. He used it to beat Peran Tua and Peran
This theatre included dancing, acting, music as well as improvised monologues and dialogues. First, the performer came out and sat opposite the ‘rebab’ where the main character sang Lagu Menghadap Rebab together with the members of the chorus or ‘Jong Dondang’. They performed Tarian Menghadap Rebab which was divided into several sections: namely, sitting, kneeling, squatting, standing and walking. Then, it was followed by the next dancing and acting. They danced Tarian Sedayong Mak Yong before leaving Pak Yong performed on the main stage alone. Pak Yong sang Sedayong Pak Yong and call out Peran Tua. Peran Tua appeared and Pak Yong asked Peran Tua to call out his friend, Peran Muda. Peran Tua sang Lagu Saudara on his way to call out Peran Muda. After they met each other, …show more content…
There were several props used by the performers which have different functions respectively. Peran used wooden dagger and scarf during their performances. The wooden dagger depicts either an umbrella, a pencil, paddle and various other theatrical needs. The control of these props relies on the virtuosity of the characters which incorporates just the Pak Yong and Peran. Whereas, Pak Yong used 'rotan berai' during his performance. He used it to beat Peran Tua and Peran