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Dancing in the rain

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Dancing in the rain

Seenee Ng, Fang Juinn Yu, Barbara Nakan and Zaini Dhazam perform a traditional Malaysian dance in the Octagon in Dunedin to celebrate Malaysia’s national day in August 2012. They were among 20 dancers from the Otago Malaysian Students’ Association. Celebrations also included traditional music, Chinese calligraphy, henna painting and sharing of the various languages of Malaysia.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 16 July 2012, p. 6

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Carl Walrond, Malaysians and Singaporeans – Malaysian culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46718/dancing-in-the-rain (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 19 October 2015, updated 1 August 2024.