Genting Highlands, Malaysia
MALAYSIAN DRAGON DANCE TEAM PERFORMS DURING COMPETITION IN GENTING HIGHLANDS, MALAYSIA.
Members of Malaysia's "Datuk Kong" dragon dance team perform during Malaysia's International Dragon Dance Championship 2001 in Genting Highlands, near Kuala Lumpur, April 22, 2001. The Malaysian team on Sunday beat twelve other teams from Macau, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, and Malaysia. The ancient Chinese dragon dance was performed in the older days to seek help from the dragon to summon clouds and rain when there was dry weather and bad crop.
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