Promote Sabah dances, urges Federal Sec

Kota Kinabalu: Promote Sabahan dances and make it easily accessible for tourists just as it is for the Indonesian Kecak dance at the Uluwatu temple in Bali and Sarawakian traditional dances at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Kuching, said Sabah Federal Secretary, Dato’ Abu Bakar Hassan.

Abu Bakar who was on a working visit to the Ministry of Information, Arts and Culture, Kepayan, here, Thursday suggested this to the Department of National Culture and Arts Sabah and hoped they would be able to cooperate with Sabah Tourism to promote the cultural dances in Sabah.

“Make Sabahan dances as popular and as well-known as the Korean Gangnam style dance.”

He pointed out that it is all a matter of how well it is being marketed.

Apart from that, he also pointed out to the Department of Special Affairs (JASA) here that they should continue collecting accurate data and if programmes are not found effective, it should be changed.

Broadcasting agencies under the government such as Bernama and RTM were also requested to reach out to the people to inform them about what the government has done to assist the people.

“Radio is more effective for rural area folk as not everybody would be able to read printed material such as newspapers,” he added.

Source : Daily Express