Music of the Baduy People of Western Java : Singing Is a Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van Zanten, Wim.

Series:

Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kanekes (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.

Kanekes (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Music of the Baduy People of Western Java

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 entertainment. The book includes many photographs and several discussed audio-visual examples that can be found on DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5170520. Baduy are suppposed to live a simple, ascetic life. However, there is a shortage of agricultural land and there are many temptations from the changing world around them. Little has been published on Baduy music and dance. Wim van Zanten's book seeks to fill this lacuna and is based on short periods of fieldwork from 1976 to 2016. Readership: Ethnomusicologists and anthropologists, especially those interested in ethnic minority groups. It is also meant for scholars, NGOs and administrators of intangible cultural heritage and people of Baduy descent.

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-44447-5

OCLC:

1371759695

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access