SINGAPORE: Practitioners of kuda kepang, the traditional hobby horse dance, are drawing on the ancient Javanese dance’s performance roots to keep it alive in Singapore. Hoping to bring a centuries-old ...
Kumpulan Kuda Kepang Parit Raja, a group of young performers, performing a sembah (respectful greeting) before the dance. (Yew Choy Chia pic) Once a widely practised art form, the mystical “kuda ...