Thursday, June 08, 2017

Sabah cultural dance group to represent Malaysia again


TENOM:  The Sabah United Tobilung Association (Tobisa) Dance Group from Kota Marudu made history when it was chosen to represent Malaysia in the World Cup Dance final competition for the fourth time since 2014.

This is the best achievement of this dance group which managed to maintain its performance at international level, said Tobisa deputy president Jaiping Minsu here yesterday.

Jaiping, who is also the Tenom District Council executive officer, said this would be the fourth time that the Tobisa dance group would represent Malaysia in the World Cup Dance final competition to be held in Germany.

He said in 2014, the competition was held in Portugal where the Tobisa dance group secured two gold, four silver and two bronze medals, while Marius Manoel was the recipient of the Judge Award.

He said in 2015, the same competition was held in Romania where the group won one gold and three bronze medals and was also awarded the Chairman’s Choice List Awards and Most Outstanding Group.

He said in 2016, the same competition was held in Jersey and the group earned two gold and one bronze medals and the Best National Solo Overall and Judge Award were given to Mohd Amerul Amir.

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