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MAH MERI’S MOYANG PANTAI TRADITIONAL DANCE PERFORMANCE: FROM

TRADITIONAL TO A TOURISM ART ENTERTAINMENT

WRITTEN BY: AYU HASWIDA BT ABU BAKAR (Dr), DURATUL AIN DOROTHY JONATHAN LINGGANG, WIRASANT
WIRUNSAKUNPHIBAN (Dr) & RACHOD NUSEN (Professor Assistant, Dr)

Hari Moyang Puja Pantai is the traditional ritual still being practiced by the Mah Meri indigenous tribe in Malaysia. The ritual
celebrated is to seek protection, forgiveness and requests for a better fortune and faith of life for the next new year to come. From
their ancestrial spirits and ancestors. On this note, this study emphases only the ritual dance named Main Jo’oh demonstrated
during Hari Moyang Puja Pantai ritual ceremony. Focusing on the capability of Main Jo’oh ritual dance transforming into the art
of dance performance as a tourism perspective.The research objective that will be discussed is, to identify and explore the
capability of this Main Jo’oh ritual dance through dance performance of Poetics Method by Aristotle, as an art of dance to the
tourism art performance. It is a qualitative method, emphases on observation approaches. Using the Poetics Method by Aristotle
as instruments for data collection and analysing process.