jogetn.
/ˈdʒɒɡət/ A Malay popular dance, in which a couple improvises to the accompanying music. Also attributive, and transferred, the place where such dancing occurs.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Malaysia and Indonesia
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1895 F. A. Swettenham Malay Sketches vii. 45 Dancing girls..perform what is called the ‘Jôget’ —a real dance with an accompaniment of something like real music, though the orchestral instruments are very rude indeed.
1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic vi. 513 The Joget, a kind of dramatic and symbolical dance.
1910 R. J. Wilkinson Papers on Malay Subjects: Life & Customs iii. 22 The ronggeng, gamboh and joget come from Java.
1959 P. B. Brown As Far as Singapore vi. 125 ‘It is the Malayan jogget dancing.’.. It was rather like an Oriental version of jiving, with the boy and girl facing each other and executing intricate steps to the rhythmic music, but never actually touching each other.
1963 J. Kirkup Tropic Temper xv. 163 The place where the dancing is done is called a joget.
1966 D. Forbes Heart of Malaya vii. 89 We were shown..an entertainment at court, providing the occasion for more music and for joget dances.
1972 M. Sheppard Taman Indera 92 (caption) The Trengganu palace Joget dancers in an 18th century dance.
1972 Straits Times (Malaysia) 23 Nov. 4/4 Among the dances to be performed are..Joget.
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