Published 30 July 2024

1974: Seminar Boria

Simon Soon

Black and white image of group in costume performing Boria

Boria Seminar singers performing with props and costumes

Black and white image of group in costume performing Boria, holding sticks and flags.

Group performing Boria with costumes and props at Boria seminar

Performance at Boria Seminar with props and costumes

Performers in action sequence at Boria Seminar

Black and white picture of Boria Seminar performance. Men in uniform.

Performers in uniform costumes at Boria Seminar performance.

Black and white image of performers in costume with props.

Performers in costume and props at the Boria Seminar.

Black and white image of four people on stage with microphone. Two elderly men and two women.

Boria Performers - two elderly men and two women singing

Black and white image of Boria performers. A central figure sings with a microphone while two lines of singers dance behind him.

Boria Seminar performers - all male dancing and singing group with one central singer

In April 1974, the state cultural department sponsored and organised a two-day seminar on boria at Batu Uban, Penang. Three papers were presented: Boria dahulu, (Boria in the past), Boria Sekarang (Boria today), and Boria akan datang (Future of Boria).

NOTES:
1974. Seminar Boria, Batu Uban, Penang, 27-28 April 1974. Unpublished manuscript. Penang State Department of Culture. The three papers were Abas Marican,’Boria Dahulu [Boria of the past]’, Mohd Habib Syed Ahmad, ‘Boria Sekarang [Boria today]’, and Shukri Ismail, ‘Boria Akan Datang [Boria of the Future]’.

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Malay culture

1974: Seminar Boria

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