As others state in Malaysia, Pahang also do have a folk song and traditional dance. There are many traditional dance at Pahang. Such as Piring Dance, Lilin Dance, Pelanduk Dance, Marhum Dance and Sewang Dance. In Pahang also have Orang Asli (Aborigin). Their traditional dance known as Sewang Dance.
This dance is very popular at Pahang. Sewang Dance is a traditional Aboriginal dance that is performed by 18 male and female dancers or more that will be headed by a man who was acting as the lead singer. The other dancers will repeat the lead singer singing the line and move around the floor with pebbles. During the dance, they would be accompanied by traditional musical instrument called the Bamboo Cetong stamped on the wood grilles by five women in the back.
Typically, traditional dancing dance is performed to treat diseases caused toxins such as pesticides or infected santau (black magic) Ipoh tree. For the diseases associated with such passion to do beam, memory loss, loss of morale, etc., other types of traditional dancing can be used based on the cause of the disease. Because faith is so strong against internal power and external watchman called 'spirit', the cause of indigenous peoples relate almost their whole lives with the spirit element. For example 'sewang' Chenchem associated with passion and spirit of those who have died, Panoh associated with the spirit of traditional dancing and spirit of tiger, traditional dancing Pungei associated with the spirit of flowers, plants of the forest and mountain princess spirit and so on.
In a medical sewang ceremony, some equipment and tools needed in order to obtain satisfactory results. This equipment can be divided into several parts, namely:
a) Station Sewang
b) sound devices
c) The player tool music, dancers, and singers
d) Halaq and / or Shaman (Intermediaries and Nurses)
e) Material Medica:
i. Vegetation
ii. Spells (traditional dancing song)
iii. Other equipment
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