mak yong

E28694

Mak yong is a traditional Malay dance-drama form that combines acting, singing, music, and ritual elements, historically performed in village and court settings in Malaysia and southern Thailand.

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Label Occurrences
mak yong canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intangible cultural heritage
traditional dance-drama
traditional performing art
associatedWith healing rituals
shamanistic practices
countryOfOrigin Malaysia
culturalSignificance important Malay court tradition
symbol of Kelantanese Malay heritage
duration multi-hour performance
ethnicGroup Malay peoples
surface form: Malay people
genre dance-drama
hasCharacterType clown-servant characters
royal characters
spirit characters
hasPart acting
dance
music
ritual elements
singing
inscriptionOnUNESCOList 2005
mainInstrument rebab
narrativeSource Malay folk tales
mythological stories
performanceSetting open-air village stage
palace courtyard
performanceType improvised dialogue
narrative storytelling
reasonForEndangerment decline of traditional patronage
religious restrictions
region Kelantan
southern Thailand
religiousContext pre-Islamic Malay beliefs
requires special training in singing and movement
threatStatus endangered performing art
traditionalContext court performances
village performances
transmissionMethod apprenticeship with masters
oral tradition
typicalCast all-female cast
typicalRole Mak Yong character
Pak Yong
Peran (clown) characters
UNESCOListing Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
UNESCOStatus Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
usesInstrument gendang
gong
rebab
serunai
usesLanguage Malay
surface form: Kelantanese Malay

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Subject: mak yong
Description of subject: Mak yong is a traditional Malay dance-drama form that combines acting, singing, music, and ritual elements, historically performed in village and court settings in Malaysia and southern Thailand.

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Kelantan knownFor mak yong