A yellow furry body with tiger stripes leaps up onto the stilts effortlessly while dancing to the rhythms of beating drums. It is not the usual Chinese Lion in an array of colors that the society is familiar with. Instead, it is the dancing "king" -- a tiger who has returned to people's vision after years.
Siow Ho Phiew, who remains passionate about the art of Chinese Lion Dance for more than half of his life, said the idea of tiger dance could be traced back to 2010, as he was hoping to inject some new elements into the inheritance of Chinese culture in Malaysia.
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