Musical journeys in Sumatra / Margaret Kartomi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-453) and index.

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Sumatra's performing arts, groups, and subgroups -- West Sumatra and Riau. Upstream Minangkabau : music to capture tigers by ; The Minangkabau south coast : home of the mermaid and the Earth goddess ; Tabut : a Shi'a ritual transplanted from India to Minangkabau's north coast ; Four Sufi Muslim genres in Minangkabau ; The Riau Indragiri sultanate's nobat ensemble and its Suku Mamak stalwarts -- South Sumatra and Bangka. South Sumatra : "The realm of many rivers" ; The wartime creation of "Gending Sriwijaya" : from banned song to South Sumatran symbol ; The island of Bangka -- North Sumatra. From Singkil to Natal : sikambang, a Malay-Portuguese song-dance genre ; The Mandailing Raja tradition in Pakantan -- Aceh. Changes in the lament dances in Aceh : phô as a symbol of female identity ; "Only if a man can kill a buffalo with one blow can he play a rapa'i Pasè" : the frame drum as a symbol of male identity ; Connections across Sumatra -- App. 1. The languages of Sumatra -- App. 2. Historical studies of Sumatra and ethnicity -- App. 3. Musical studies of Sumatra -- App. 4. Tunings and vocal scales in South Sumatra -- App. 5. Gamelan in Sumatra -- App. 6. Audio examples and audiovisual recordings on the website.

Although Sumatra is the sixth largest island in the world and home to an estimated 44 million Indonesians, its musical arts and cultures have not been the subject of a book-length study until now. Documenting and explaining the ethnographic, cultural, and historical contexts of Sumatra's performing arts, Musical Journeys in Sumatra also traces the changes in their style, content, and reception from the early 1970s onward._x000B__x000B_Having dedicated almost forty years of scholarship to exploring the rich and varied music of Sumatran provinces, Margaret Kartomi provides a fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices that have become deeply compromised by the pressures of urbanization, rural poverty, and government policy. This deeply informed collection showcases the complex diversity of Indonesian music and includes field observations from six different provinces: Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, and Bangka-Belitung. Featuring photographs and original drawings from Kartomi's field observations of instruments and performances, Musical Journeys in Sumatra provides a comprehensive musical introduction to this neglected, very large island, with its hundreds of ethno-linguistic-musical groups.

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