Main image via Dean Norwani/Facebook
Dikir Barat is a musical form native to the Malay Peninsular, and involves singing in groups. The performance is usually done in a competitive setting and may be accompanied with percussion instruments or no instruments at all.
Recently, Facebook user Dean Norwani shared a video of a school choir group performing Dikir Barat. Many Malaysians were shocked to find that the students in the video weren’t of any Malaysian heritage. Instead, it turns out, all the kids are from Canada!
The performance was by Hamilton Children’s Choir from Canada, and they regularly work with a conductor from Malaysia, Tracy Wong, who currently lives in Toronto, Canada.
Could our traditional music eventually find its way to an international musical in the future?
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