Existence of Graph Through Malay Traditional Dance
International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET) Volume 11, Issue 8, August 2020, pp. 53-62, Article ID: IJARET_11_08_007 Available online at http://iaeme.com/Home/issue/IJARET?Volume=11&Issue=8 ISSN Print: 0976-6480 and ISSN Online: 0976-6499 DOI: 10.34218/IJARET.11.8.2020.007 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed EXISTENCE OF GRAPH THROUGH MALAY TRADITIONAL DANCE Wan Muhammad Afiq bin Wan Muhamad Fauzan Laboratory of Ethnomathematics and Didactics, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Sharifah Kartini Said Husain Laboratory of Ethnomathematics and Didactics, Institute for Mathematical Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Mohd Rohaizat Abdul Wahab Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Laboratory of Archaeology and Archaeometry, Institute of the Malay World (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia ABSTRACT Ethnomathematics refers to the mathematics that was created based on culture and the value system of an ethnic. The Malay ethnomathematics is the mathematics inherited from the Malay civilization that was taught, uttered, applied, and developed in the language and follows the Malay values. The definition of a graph is a set consisting of vertices connected to one another through the group of edges. In creating choreography in the Malay traditional dance, it must follow several general principles of choreography and almost all traditional Malay dance apply the concept of symmetrical balance that focuses on strength and harmony. The concept of symmetry is also applied to the whole dance pattern that begins and ends with the same floor patterns and movement.
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