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Song in the Sumatran Highlands

People: Man PP

Stage Name: Man PP (Man Padang Panjang). His stage name includes an assertion to place affiliation, the town of Padang Panjang.
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Role: Tukang Saluang.
Time Frame: Contemporary Figure
Source: personal encounter at performance in 2016, but he remembered me from events at RRI in 2004.
Sex: Male.
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Place of Origin: Padang Panjang.
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Performance: Suayan, July 29, 2016.

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Performance: Suayan, July 29, 2016 17 Malam Bagurau image_header 2021-04-29T14:08:00+00:00 -0.185604, 100.467192 07/29/2016
Date: July 29-30, 2016
Time: We arrived just before 11p.m. It probably began around 10p.m.
Place: Suayan, a nagari that has strong ties to saluang, both for the famous singer, Gadih Suayan, named for the place, and for the series of songs tied to the place.
Style: Saluang Klasik

Occasion: Malam Bagurau for a Wedding. This was the evening before the main celebration, where food was being prepared.

Set up: The stage for this performance was erected between two houses. A plank of wood was laid between the porches on facing sides of the houses. The stage was covered with a decorative cloth and a backdrop hung. The performers are sitting on a thin mat. Like most saluang performances, the sound was amplified. You can see one of the speakers in the bottom right of the picture. Rows of plastic chairs were set out facing the stage, though some pagurau chose to sit cross-legged on the porch.

Performers:
- Padendang:
  - Gadih Santan
  - Si Sri
- Tukang Saluang:
  - Man PP
- Janang:
  - As is typical of weddings, no janang was involved in the performance.
Audience: The audience was fairly robust. In the early part of the evening, women and children lined up on the right side facing the stage. Men, likely pagurau who traveled specifically for the performance, occupy the chairs.

Ethnographers: Jennifer & Pak Ketua

Attendance: We arrived just before 11p.m. and left around 2a.m., before the performance had finished.
Notes:
Rendition: "Padang Magek" 07/29/2016 5 "Padang Magek" performed at Malam Bagurau, Suayan. plain 2021-06-10T21:54:06+00:00
Song: "Padang Magek"
Performance: Suayan, July 29, 2016
Context: Malam Bagurau for a wedding
People:
- Padendang:
  - Gadih Santan
  - Si Sri
- Tukang Saluang: Man PP
Duration: 4.30

Structure: This rendition has 3 pantun. Most significantly, the place in which the second padendang joins is different from the rendition on Night Music of West Sumatra. On that recording, the second padendang joins at the repeat of the last line and they clearly sing together. I expect this is clear because each padendang had an invididual microphone. At this performance, however, they shared a microphone, passing it back and forth. It is not clear that both are singing. In this rendition, the second padendang starts halfway through the last line, not at the beginning of the last line. The effect is somewhat similar, but not quite the same. Listen for the difference in sounds of the two padendang here: Santan has a sharper, more penetrating voice. Her ornaments are sharp and attacking. Si Sri, in comparison, has a smoother, more rounded voice and her ornaments are also more rounded.

Lyrics: to come later.

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