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Malay Traditional Music

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The traditional music of the Malay world: sung pantun poetry with violin and rebana, the competitive group singing of dikir barat, court and shadow-play ensembles and the Arab- and Portuguese-influenced social forms of the Straits.

Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra · emerged Medieval period · peak 20th century

Also called: muzik tradisional melayu

History

Malay sultanate courts, Islamic trade and Portuguese Malacca each left forms that survive in Malaysia and Singapore alongside modern Malay pop.

What it sounds like

Pantun quatrain poetry
Rebana frame drums and violin
Competitive and responsive group singing
Court and shadow-play ensembles

Beneath it: dikir barat, dondang sayang

Beside it: dangdut