Malay gamelan

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Malay Gamelan
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A Malay gamelan performance
Other namesGamelan Melayu
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  • Gong
DevelopedRiau-Lingga Sultanate (present-day Indonesia)[1][2][3][4]
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Various hanging Gongs (gong ageng, gong suwukan, kempul) of Javanese Gamelan in Indonesia
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The Malay gamelan (Malay/Indonesian: gamelan Melayu; Jawi: ݢاميلن ملايو) is a style of music originated from Indonesia,[5] performed in Malay-populated regions of Indonesia (particularly in North Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands) and Malaysia (particularly in Pahang, Terengganu and Johor) as well.

Etymology[]

The word of Gamelan derived from the term in Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭ꧀, romanized: gamel, which means "hitting" or "striking" refer to playing of percussion instruments or the act of striking with a mallet, + an (noun-forming suffix).[6][7][8] While the word of Melayu refer to the Malays which had its correlation to Melayu Kingdom.[9][10]

Gamelan in Malaysia[]

Joget Gamelan is one of the classical Malay dance. This classic dance was first performed at the Palace in the Riau-Lingga (present-day Indonesia) in the 17th century. It was first performed in public in Pekan, Pahang in 1811 in the wedding ceremony of Tengku Hussain, the son of Sultan Abdul Rahman who ruled Lingga, with Wan Esah, the younger sister of Bendahara Ali from Pahang. It was first introduced in Terengganu after Tengku Mariam, a princess in Pahang, married Tengku Sulaiman, the prince to Tengku Zainal Abidin from Terengganu. In 1913, the Malay Gamelan tradition disappeared from the abolition of the Riau-Lingga Sultanate and later moved to Pahang, and until it spread to Terengganu.[11] The Malay gamelan was first brought to Kuala Lumpur in 1969 in a public performance. Since then, it has become a part of the Malaysian arts and cultural heritage.[citation needed] Gamelan is commonly played during formal occasions like weddings and traditional ceremonies, such as the wayang kulit. In the past,[when?] about 80 traditional gamelan music were performed but this has now been reduced to 50, with 12 songs being the common ones, some of them include Timang Burung, Ayak-Ayak and Seri Rama Balik. [12][13][14]

Instruments[]

Based on the gamelan set discovered in 1966 at Istana Kolam, Terengganu, a set of Terengganu Malay gamelan consists of seven basic instruments:[15]

  1. Keromong, also known as bonang (a set of 10 small kettle gongs)
  2. Gambang (a wooden xylophone)
  3. Saron perkin (another set of metallophones, slightly smaller than saron kecil)
  4. Saron kecil, also known as saron barung (a set of metallophones)
  5. Saron besar, also known as saron demung (another set of metallophones, slightly bigger than saron kecil)
  6. Kenong (a set of 5 large kettle gongs)
  7. A pair of hanging gongs, which are gong kecil and gong besar
  8. Gendang (a barrel drum)

Joget gamelan[]

Joget Gamelan
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Dancers performing a Joget Gamelan dance
EtymologyJavanese: ꦗꦺꦴꦒꦺꦢ꧀, romanized: joget (dance) and Javanese: ꦒꦩꦼꦭ꧀, romanized: gamel (hitting or striking)[16]
GenreTraditional dance
Instrument(s)Malay gamelan
OriginIndonesia, then later introduced to Malaysia[17]
Malay gamelan
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According to Tengku Mariam, this dance repository originally consisted of 77 types of gamelan. But today there are only 33 types left as a result of the absence of dance instructors. Among the 33 types of dances that remain are such as Timang Burung, Ayak-ayak, Lambang Sari, Ketam Renjung, Geliung, Lantai Lima, Kending Gajah, Togok Rompin, Kunang-kunang Mabuk, Galuk Merajuk, Silatin, Lolo and Monab.

This dance performed exclusively by female dancers can be staged internally or openly.

See also[]

  • Gamelan

References[]

  1. ^ "The Malay Gamelan". themalaygamelan. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ^ "The History of Gamelan's Origin". Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Menabuh Gamelan Melayu". 8 July 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Gambang Mentuda Diambang Kepunahan". 30 July 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Malay Gamelan Music Experience". tourismperakmalaysia.com. Tourism Perak Malaysia. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ "History and Etymology for gamelan". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. ^ Sumarsam (1998). Introduction to Javanese Gamelan. Middletown.
  8. ^ Lindsay, Jennifer (1992). Javanese Gamelan, p.10. ISBN 0-19-588582-1.
  9. ^ Milner, Anthony (2010), The Malays (The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 18–19, ISBN 978-1-4443-3903-1
  10. ^ Reid, Anthony (2001). "Understanding Melayu (Malay) as a Source of Diverse Modern Identities". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 32 (3): 295–313. doi:10.1017/S0022463401000157. PMID 19192500. S2CID 38870744.
  11. ^ "JOGET GAMELAN TERENGGANU DARI ASPEK PENCERITAAN DAN CABARAN PEMELIHARAANNYA" [JOGET GAMELAN TERENGGANU FROM THE ASPECT OF STORYTELLING AND THE CHALLENGES OF ITS MAINTENANCE] (PDF). 2012.
  12. ^ Aziz, Ninot (1 February 2015). "Living the Gamelan". New Straits Times.
  13. ^ "Good vibrations: how to unite people through gamelan music | The Star". www.thestar.com.my.
  14. ^ David, Adrian (August 22, 2017). "Renewing the love for gamelan | New Straits Times". NST Online.
  15. ^ Zainudin, Aniza (April 3, 2019). "Memartabatkan gamelan". HM Online.
  16. ^ Norsafini, Jafar; Rahmah, Bujang (2015). "Creative Reinvention of Joget Gamelan in Malaysia". International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries. 3 (1). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  17. ^ Norsafini, Jafar; Rahmah, Bujang (2015). "Creative Reinvention of Joget Gamelan in Malaysia". International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries. 3 (1). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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