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Rodat

Malay and Acehnese traditional dance.

Rodat
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About Rodat

Rodat (Jawi: رودت) is a folk dance of the Malays and Acehnese believed to have originated from the Middle East and was spread to Maritime Southeast Asia by traders in Aceh as far as Terengganu in the beginning of the 19th century. Rodat may have come from كِتَاب حَضْرَة (Kitāb Ḥaḍrat), which is a book written by a man named Hadrat from Baghdad containing praises to Allah and Muhammad.

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