Malaysia Johor Lion Dance | Dragon Dance

About Us

Formerly known as NamWah Wushu Lion Dance Kangkar Pulai Johor Malaysia, established 32 years ago in year 1989. Since its establishment, it has been adhering to the promotion of the Chinese culture, carrying forward the Dragon and Lion Dance as the goal, exploring activities that contribute to youth activities, and gradually expanding the field of activity.

NamWah Wushu Lion Dance Kangkar Pulai Johor Malaysia was founded by Hon Nam Seng, Yong Yii Yaak, Wong Wen Yeong, Lee Yung Hon and others, providing young generation a platform to train and keep healthy. This is also an opportunity for us to preserve traditional Chinese Culture.

At the beginning of its establishment, NamWah Wushu Lion Dance Kangkar Pulai Johor Malaysia was mainly formed by local youths and there were only a dozen members. In May 1997, Gao Zhuang Lion Dance was established and attracted more people. With the participation of young people, the number of members increased to nearly forty. Under the guidance of teachers and the continuous hard work of the members, the team finally won the national championship in the national competition at the end of 1998 and qualified to represent Malaysia, and participated World Lion Dance Competition in Hong Kong in year 1999. With the superb skills of our team members, we beat the experts from all over the world and finally won the championship. After that, we are named as the “Lion King” which is an international reputation!

Since then, NamWah Wushu Lion Dance Kangkar Pulai Johor Malaysia has won countless lion dance titles and numerous awards in various lion dance competitions around the world. We have been to Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, UK, U.S.A, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands and more.

On September 14, 2000, we held the “Ruishi Xianglong Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival” event and officially announced that the group was renamed “NamWah Kangkar Pulai Johor, Malaysia”. In the same year, the group also established the dragon dance team. The lion dance group has outstanding achievements – has won many awards both in local and international events.

In 2006, led by Dato Teoh Boon Fooi and coaches Koh Wee Yen, Chong Qun Shiuan, and Leow Chen Fei, we won numerous awards in major local and international dragon and lion dance competitions. In the same year, the team also established the North Lions team, and entered the Taiwan International Tournament in 2007 and won the North Lions championship, and the rising star’s performance in recent years has been even more eye-catching – has won four consecutive championships in the biennial national competitions (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018), and qualified to represent Malaysia. In 2016, the group was awarded the title of “King of the Northern Lion” by the Malaysian National Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Group Association.

The group will also expand to foreign countries so as to promote the Dragon & Lion Dance to all parts of the world: