Pesona Seni Karimun

Pelangi Budaya, over from Indonesia, perform two sets of dance and music rooted in Malay and Indonesian traditions, all of it in Malay and done in 30 minutes. The first set opens with Tari Persembahan, a welcome dance that carries the idea of hospitality — an appropriate way to start when the audience is right there in the Concourse with them. The second set includes Zapin Melayu and closes with Joget Lambak, the Malay social dance that the audience is invited to join, so the last few minutes are not strictly a performance.

It runs 13 to 15 Nov 2026 at Esplanade Concourse, starting from 6.30pm on the Friday, and admission is free. The shows are part of the Muara Festival, staged by Era Dance Theatre with Esplanade — Theatres on the Bay under Esplanade's Pentas series, which puts traditional Malay and Indonesian repertoire in front of a casual, walk-in crowd rather than a ticketed hall. Thirty minutes, no ticket, and a joget to end it.