Saba dance

During the Saba ceremony, performers make various animal movements around the Saba tree made out of young coconuts in order to appease spirits and also for bountiful harvests for the next season.

[3] The Saba musicians usually use traditional musical instruments such as Gong, Rebana and Umbang (including Anok Umbang, a musical instrument unique to the dance).

Saba healing rituals have already existed in Terengganu since the 13th century during the transitional period from Hindu-Buddhist beliefs to Islam.

[citation needed] The modern form of Saba dance according to historians are said to have been created by a local bomoh (shaman) by the name of Che Mek Comot in the early 18th century in what is now Kuala Jengai in Dungun district on the southern part of the state.

The names of these dances are written in Terengganuan (the language used for most of Saba songs and rituals) along with Standard Malay translations;