Dancers performing Johor’s traditional zapin dance during an event. — Filepic
JOHOR BARU: Johor wants to obtain recognition from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for the state’s traditional attire, a traditional musical group and a traditional dance.
They are respectively the baju Melayu Teluk Belanga, ghazal and zapin which are synonymous with the southernmost state in the peninsula.
