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| Bajau Dancers | Bolongan Singing | Chinese Dancers | Cocos Dancers | Iban Dancers | Kadazan Music | Lundayuh Dancers | Tidung Dancers | Timur Dancers |
Orang Cocos (Cocos Malay) Dancers in Tawau Cultural Festival 24-25 March 2007
| Orang Cocos
live in
Lahad Datu, Kunak, Sandakan and Tawau. Originally migrated from Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands) of Australia in 1950s. There are 4000 Orang Cocos in Sabah with their home village in Kampung Cocos near Lahad Datu in Tawau Division. Their ancestors in Cocos Island worked in coconut plantations owned by the English. And these early Cocoa Malay shown a remarkable flair in adapting elements of the English-Scottish traditions into Cocos Malay cultural practices. Certain foods, dances and musical influences have a western flavour. |
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| INDEX : Photos of Tawau August 25, 2014 11:42:59 AM |
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