Music of the Baduy people of western Java : : singing is a medicine / / by Wim van Zanten.

Music of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing is a Medicine by Wim van Zanten is about music and dance of the indigenous group of the Baduy, consisting of about twelve-thousand people living in western Java. It covers music for rice rituals, for circumcisions and weddings, and music for enterta...

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Superior document:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (395 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Social Organization and Economic Situation
  • Methodological Issues and Theoretical Starting Points
  • Seasons for Music and Major Rituals
  • Tone Systems, angklung, keromong, Dancing and Gender Aspects
  • Carita Pantun Storytelling
  • Song Texts in Music for Entertainment
  • Wind, String and Other Instruments
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix 1. A Map of Kanékés and a List of Its Hamlets
  • Appendix 2. The Baduy Calendar
  • Appendix 3. List of People Interviewed and/or Recorded
  • Appendix 4. Song Texts for Entertainment.