Mag-igal and Igal-Jin: Dancing the Spirits of the Ancestors ill the rituals of Magduwata of the Bajau Kubang in Bumbum Island, Semporna, East Malaysia

• Main Authors: Md Nor, Mohd Anis, Hussin, Hanafi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: GT Manners and customs; HT Communities. Classes. Races
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25076/1/Mag-igal%20and%20Igal-Jin%20Dancing%20the%20Spirits%20of%20the%20Ancestors%20in%20the%20Rituals%20of%20Magduwata%20of%20the%20Baj.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/25076/; http://ictmusic.org/group/ethnochoreology

Mag-igal (dancing) and Igal-Jin (dancing spirit bearer) are the liminal performative components of Magduwata, a healing ritual ceremony of the Bajau Kubang people in Semporna, East Malaysia. This paper will focus on the liminality of Magduwata ceremony of the Bajau Kubang from Bumbum Islands in Semp...