My Village - Malay Girl Dancers Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a continuaton of my village theme. These are the faces of Malay girls. They are about 12 years old. They look more mature that the boys , the cute rascals as noted by Peter Wall, and I admit that it is true. The girls are more aware and concern about their being. They are going to perform a dance known as Zapin.

What is Zapin?
Zapin (Jawi: زافين) is a dance form that is popular in Malaysia especially in the state of Johor. It is believed to have been introduced by Arab, Muslim missionaries from the Middle East in the fourteenth century.

In the old days, only males were allowed to perform but nowadays, female dancers are included. It used to be performed exclusively for religious ceremonies but through the years it has become a form of traditional entertainment, hence the participation of female dancers are allowed.

The dancers usually perform in pairs and are accompanied by a traditional music ensemble normally consists of the gambus, accordion, violin, marwas (bongos), rebana (drum) and dok.

There are numerous types of zapin, and each type varies by the movement and style of dance. But I only know Zapin Melayu Johor .

daddo, ChrisJ, BWJ, pauloog, ribeiroantonio, jusninasirun, phwall, TopGeo, brano14, anducina, yedirenk, Ultrablue has marked this note useful

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daddo (11277) 2009-03-10 4:16

Selamat datang Foozi. Perfect little faces, such attentive expressions. The colours are vibrant and the light enhances the skin tones nicely. Regards. Klaudio.

ChrisJ (69973) 2009-03-10 4:49

Hi Foozi

Excellent use of a shallow dof, with perfect sharpness on the fg girl. Wonderful, colourful costumes, with a good profiled view, & excellent symmetry & repetition of the girls. Indah sekali, dans terima kasih!

lousat (15302) 2009-03-10 5:12

Hi Foozi,very very great perspective,in this festival of colors the details too are great,beautiful idea,my best compliments,Luciano

BWJ (1771) 2009-03-10 5:38

Hello Foozi,
Lovely portrait of these charming young women. With their youthful beauty, they showcase their exotic colorful costumes to perfection. Your photo is outstanding!
Very informative note as well.
Kind regards,
Betty

maximage (13327) 2009-03-10 7:09

Bonjour Foozi,
Très belle image pleine de lumière et de couleurs lumineuses et claires!
Excellent job, j'aime beaucoup.
Amitiés.
max

pauloog (6368) 2009-03-10 15:47

Hello foozi,
A sweet and spontaneous portrait displaying a lot of concentration. And at the same time very interesting.
Regards,
Paul,

ribeiroantonio (21839) 2009-03-10 18:41

It is a good cultural posting with a nice photo and an excellent informative note. Well done.
Antonio

jusninasirun (10150) 2009-03-10 20:03

Salam Foozi,

Your portraiture is first class. The color is so natural with so much vividness in the image. You have unlock the key into this optics. Brilliant work deserved for the a feature in National Geo Mag. You have got their bags anyway :-)

Regards.
Jusni

phwall (5532) 2009-03-10 22:46

Hi Foozi,
Good portrait, there's an air of expectancy and spontenaity about your capture.
I like the way they're standing with their look focused on the dance they are about to perform.
Lovely colours and light, excellent use of DOF.
Cheers
Peter

TopGeo (21617) 2009-03-11 7:39

Hi Foozi! gives your scene! it is a good cultural picture very impressive the portraits of girls even if the lighting is indirect and behind. The colours of heads and persons well Good note and Image!
Georgios

brano14 (1866) 2009-03-11 9:56

Hello Foozi,
I try to avoid to make any comments on people's photos, but this is one of those exceptions.
Beautiful looking young girls, amazing colors, very good composition. And of course a great story.
Thanks!
Brano

anducina (8085) 2009-03-11 12:54

Hi Foozi,
Excellent triple portrait, lovely models, picturesque costumes. Well framed and captured.
TFS,
Andreea

yedirenk (7283) 2009-03-11 18:28

Hi Dear Foozi,
very lovely portraits with interesting details and beautiful faces.sharpness and light are very natural.a nice moment.well done.TFS
Best regards

Cevdet

aadilj (17950) 2009-03-11 22:06

This is fresh and pleasing Foozi and again very nciely seen and captured. i like the colours and the vibrant energy

Ultrablue (553) 2009-03-12 2:51

Hi Foozi!
Every time I watch at your photos I make a travel far from my house.
One of the most beautiful things on TE is that we can enjoy stories directly from who lives in a certain place. So we can have a direct idea of what signify to live in a far land without the filter of the television.
I didn't know much of the Malaysia but now I'm very fascinated by your country!
I wait for others interesting tales!!!

A regard

Elena

pablominto (40390) 2009-03-12 12:14

Hello Foozi,

Pretty girls!
A different angle gets out new sides in this group portrait!
Expressions are well captured, very focused indeed...
Well framed, great colours!

Greetings,
Pablo -

RedDevil (1071) 2009-03-17 8:54

Hi Foozi,
Perfect POV, Excellent management of colors and ligth, Good note.
Salvatore