Malaysian lion-head artisan confident art form will continue roaring into the future

[@toonarmiesradiation]

Chinese culture is rich of traditions and has lots of wonderful arts. Hope this will carry on for the next generations. Lion dance is one of the arts and has been an amazing performance throughout festive seasons 👍

[@Schizz76]

I remember my first time watching a lion dance, absolutely mortified at the noise and costume but after a few minutes I began to enjoy the performance, always liked it since at hopefully this tradition doesn’t die out in malaysia

[@tikthat6821]

I am very proud. even we are many generations after coming from mainland, we manage to expand and better the lion dance

[@dingyiyu9228]

Great Malaysian chinese, reserve traditions well.👍

[@lunaenter4042]

We still have our old lion head. Its child version. My sister brought it so her son can lost weight by learning lion dance.

[@andrew_lawrence]

Happy Chinese New Year to all those celebrating and Chinese around the world
㊗️ 大家新年快樂 (恭喜發財) 🧧 🍚🥢

[@adrenalineactivate]

I saw 3 lion dances in my school today, it was so cool

[@nancymcgee4776]

Definitely a labor of love!

[@someidiotnamedaaz]

Wow he’s very talented

[@joela3168]

Thanks!

[@Kia5904]

Comment from Malaysia!🇲🇾

[@Momoco1212]

Happy Chinese New Year

[@WafiLeCool]

As a Malaysian, idk what to say anymore

[@SeelkadoomSonicBlack]

🇹🇼

[@AK4Z.]

No pls how do you feel

[@czech8074]

The tradition died due to people being stingy with their red packets

[@WafiLeCool]

@@czech8074 How so?请告诉我

[@WafiLeCool]

@@SeelkadoomSonicBlack I support Taiwan yes

[@hendriknaghata3212]

Legend

[@krisztinafoo27]

Agreed, a true artist 💖👍

[@calvinkong6849]

Hoping these traditional lion dance and making pass by generation and generation to come

[@NanduJuice]

does his business have a website ?

[@vdyojunkie1229]

Why did they delete and re upload this video?

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

Yea my parents also celebrate lunar new year(Chinese new year) as they were born in china but moved to US

[@peterhsieh380]

It is Chinese New Year but not Lunatic New Year as preached by the West.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

​@@peterhsieh380 meanwhile in other parts of Asia:
Japanese New Year (Shōgatsu)
Korean New Year (Seollal)
Mongolian New Year (Tsagaan Sar)
Tibetan New Year (Losar)
Buryat New Year (Sagaalgan)
Vietnamese New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán)
Thai New Year (Songkran)
Burmese New Year (Thingyan)
Cambodian New Year (Chaul Chnam Thmey)
Lao New Year (Pii Mai)
Sri Lankan New Year (Aluth Avuruddu)
Malaysia Chinese New Year (Tahun Baru Cina)
Indonesian Chinese New Year (Sin Cia / Tahun Baru Imlek)
Philippine Chinese New Year (Lánnâng Nîtau / Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino)

[@TheJocelyn1909]

yay

[@Averagebum21]

That's a 年，not a lion.

[@toonarmiesradiation]

🤷

[@Averagebum21]

@@toonarmiesradiation Lions have no horns. The 年 was a mythical creature who supposedly appeared every year.

[@bruceyung70]

No lion has ever roamed any part of the Asian continent 🤔

[@Schizz76]

I believe there were and still are some living in modern day Iran and the middle east? That’s considered Asia. Plus a giraffe made its way from Africa to Ming China before, so I wouldn’t be surprised if some trader brought a lion over to the Middle Kingdom.

[@DaniTrejo45]

There is fake lion in Singapork

[@darkuser9992]

This is the precise reason lions have a semi-mythical status in these East Asian countries...they probably only saw very few actual lions...the ones they saw were through and connections with India and Iran...if they were normal everyday animals, they'd be in Chinese zodiac

[@BigVtheVanity]

Second class citizen in his own country. What a sad truth.

[@Venched]

Allahu akbar. Lion head is haram in Islamic countries

[@darrenko8742]

Allahu snackbar nobody cares

[@muhamadfaizal2006]

🙄

[@sebastianl6809]

Apa pun haram, ini haram itu haram, better stay in cave

[@nabilanaim5173]

There's statues of lions in Alhambra. I once asked my teacher isn't it is not encouraged by Islam to put animal statues. He said, the statues doesn't resemble the real lions. I think that also applied here. That lions don't look like a real lions at all. Furthermore, most of houses don't keep the lion head at home.

[@railwaypoocleaner8470]

Mushrikeen tradition