BLok PaRaDiSE

Here’s another trip to someplace beautiful. Malaysia Citrawarna 2005. It’s kinda hard to get the tickets. First I went to Sungai Wang to buy the tickets and the MusicValley tells me that the tickets are sold out. Even tickets in Lot 10 are sold out. All tickets are sold out 3 days ago!!! SHIT!!

But luckily I went off to Stadium Merdeka where the event was held to try my luck there, and fortunately tickets are still sold at the entrance. Each ticket cost you around RM 10.00.

So for the suckers that did not want to go with me, BOOO!!!

A night view of the the festival….

I finally get into the place and I was able to watch the show. I waited so long for the YDP Agong to arrive. The show start at 8.30 pm. I was there by 7.30 pm.

The YDP Agong sits on the stage yonder

This festival is on the dances of Malaysia and it ASEAN conterparts. It has dances from Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines….. can’t remember…

That’s me doing a ….."Walau! Got LEng Lui weh!!!"

To tell you the truth, the whole dances are ….not that  quite good….

It starts of with a tale of Paresmeswara reaching Malaya. Melaka country. Then it goes on about China coming to Malaya for trade. Next, it is about Islam coming to Malaysia and how Islam has become part of our culture, influencing our dances and living styles.

The flag show indicating China influence or something…. Later all these flags are going to be mopping cloths…..walau….. no need buy cloth anymore!!!

The sound system are pretty bad. :-O And you won’t be able to hear a thing on what the narrator is trying to say. So I end up going up and down the stadium looking for a better sound.

This is at the stage where the drummers play the drums…Tok Chang Tok Chang!! Where is the lion dance????!!!! No Ang Pau ah? Lai lai lai!!!!

Then as a finale for the show, dancers from other countries performed. The Koreans are the funniest. They swing their head around and around as if they have taken ecstasy. Too bad no photos. They are too far away…..

The overall finale….everyone hand in hand….sing Lee Hom’s SARS song…Hand-in-Hand…..

They then gather together and perform a last single dance, the Sarawak dance….
A total of 3,000 dancers took part in this festival.
It’s really great for the cultural fans….but for me? Ehem….you say leh?

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