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28 June 2012 | Masako Iijima | Reuters
Who's the rightful owner of the Tor Tor folk dance -- Malaysia or Indonesia? Moves by Malaysia to promote the
dance and a traditional percussion ensemble has reignited a cultural row between the two countries.
The Tor Tor is a gentle, slow dance. But the reaction from the Indonesians has been neither. In the resulting protests
the Malaysian flag's been burned and stoned hurled at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta. Indonesians on Sumatra island, just
40 km away from Malaysia, say they have a right to be angry because the Malaysians have laid claim to everything from
textiles, chicken rice, chilli crab to curry.
Government officials on both sides have tried to calm the situation. They say it's a misunderstanding over plans to
promote the culture of the Mandailing people who live in both Sumatra and across the narrow Malacca Strait in mainland Malaysia.
28 June 2012 | Masako Iijima | Reuters
Who's the rightful owner of the Tor Tor folk dance -- Malaysia or Indonesia? Moves by Malaysia to promote the
dance and a traditional percussion ensemble has reignited a cultural row between the two countries.
The Tor Tor is a gentle, slow dance. But the reaction from the Indonesians has been neither. In the resulting protests
the Malaysian flag's been burned and stoned hurled at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta. Indonesians on Sumatra island, just
40 km away from Malaysia, say they have a right to be angry because the Malaysians have laid claim to everything from
textiles, chicken rice, chilli crab to curry.
Government officials on both sides have tried to calm the situation. They say it's a misunderstanding over plans to
promote the culture of the Mandailing people who live in both Sumatra and across the narrow Malacca Strait in mainland Malaysia.
