Genre: Dendang Pauah
Dendang Pauah is a vocal tradition from the Pauah region near Padang. It uses the saluang pauah, an end-blown bamboo duct flute, as accompaniment. The instruments often have pyrographic marks (patterns burned into the bamboo).
Unlike other kaba forms where texts are "usually rhythmic lines, without rhyme schemes or stanza forms" (Yampolsky & Hanefi 1994), the kaba used in dendang Pauah are shaped into pantun. You can hear an excerpt of this genre below."... dendang Pauah differs from other kaba forms, in that it is sung entirely in pantun, and as a performance genre it differs from both saluang and rabab Pariaman since it does not regularly include free-standing, non-narrative songs. An evening of dendang Pauah begins around 8:00 or 9:00 PM. and lasts until nearly dawn." (Yampolsky & Hanefi 1994)
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