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Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport
Meet some of the troupes taking an ancient tradition to new heights.
Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport
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A lion dance performer during Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur. Soo Hon Keong/Getty Images
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At the biannual Genting World Lion Dance Championship in Malaysia in 2018, a series of 21 poles, ranging from four to eight feet in height, lined the arena. On top of each one was a platform 12 inches in diameter. Suddenly, a pale blue Chinese lion with a white fur trim jumped up onto the stilts to the rhythm of a beating drum and clanging cymbals. Bucking its head and rearing up on its hind legs, the lion seemed to leap effortlessly between the poles some as far as 6 feet apart. The Chinese lion dance is meant to look endearing and whimsical, but underneath the colorful costume, there were two immaculately coordinated performers who had been training in stunts
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