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Music of the Baduy people of western Java : singing is a medicine /

"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 e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zanten, Wim van (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
Series:VKI - verhandelingen van het koninklijk instituut voor taal- en land- en volkenkunde, volume 313
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.