SUMAZAU (DANCE)
Sumazau is a traditional dance that is famous Sabahans in Sabah and in Malaysia. It is Kadazandusun traditional dance which is often presented in Tadau Kaamatan Harvest Day celebrated means of the state at all in May.
This elegantly dance inspiration is from an eagle flight patterns seen resting farmers in rice fields during the harvest. Each dancer is what makes this dance to be moved a few centimeters from the other dancers without contact.
Ritual dance serves varied functions like a pulled Sumazau thanksgiving for activities associated with planting and harvesting rice and also to reject the army, menyemah spirit, and cure disease.
This dance is danced by the peasants made up of men and women to wear their traditional dress. The dance is accompanied by gongs played, usually 6 different sized gongs and drums with a specific rhythm. Duration and pace of shot is elegantly gong vary by region and country.
This dance is danced with both hands raised to shoulder level and dikibar-Fly like a bird's wings kipasan, according to tempo tunes played slowly and gentle. Dancers, male and female, will face their future and moving his legs with small steps, heels up and down to the rhythm of the song. While dancing flapping hands and move it down just like a bird flying. Sumazau is usually performed during festive occasions and gatherings, but the original purpose of this dance is to celebrate the arrival of "Bambaazon" (rice spirit) is commonly done in after harvest.
Dancers elegantly composed of men and women typically wore black decorated with interesting patterns using gold thread. Female dancers adorned with scarves and belts (tangkong) made of silver coins (trade dollars). Male dancers usually while cursing tanjak all-black outfit and menyendang silad leaves dry.
Now dance elegantly held in many gatherings such as wedding receptions, occasions of celebrations marking the arrival of dignitaries, where it was also danced by all attendees regardless of age tribes and to enliven the event without wearing clothes traditional
