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Song in the Sumatran Highlands

People: NPK

Stage Name: NPK.
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Role: Tukang Saluang.
Sex: Male.
Time Frame: Contemporary Figure
Source: personal encounter at a performance in 2016.
Born: unknown.
Died: --
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Performance: Sungai Baringin, July 15, 2016.

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Performance: Sungai Baringin, July 15, 2016 37 Malam Bagurau image_header 2021-09-03T20:48:53+00:00 -0.22756, 100.58306 07/15/2016
Date: July 15-16, 2016
Time: @10 p.m.-3.07 a.m.
Place: Sungai Baringin
Style: Saluang Klasik
Occasion: Malam Bagurau for a Wedding: This was the malam masak, which means the evening of cooking. This is the night before the main celebration where saluang is arranged, in part to entertain the people who are in the kitchen all night cooking. If you look carefully in the left of the header picture or in the one of Pak Ketua ruminating, you can see smoke coming from the cooking area.

Set Up: This performance involved a pretty big stage, covered stage and a large yard featuring a series of covered tables and chairs. The size of the stage suggest that a different kind of performance, possibly orgen, was expected for the main celebration the next day. The stage does dual service. As is typical, drinks (coffee and water) along with snacks (including cake and something wrapped in banana leaf) were served to the pagurau who attended.

Performers:
- Padendang:
  - Si Sri
  - Mar Ketek
- Tukang Saluang: NPK
- Janang: None, as is typical of weddings
Audience: The audience started out somewhat mixed gender, then gradually shifted to mostly male pagurau. There were about 50 people at the peak. It was a relatively small audience because the location was a little difficult to find. Pak Ketua had to stop and ask several people on the way.

Ethnographers: Jennifer & Pak Ketua
Notes: We were not present for the opening, so the start time is an estimate. The evening wrapped up a little earlier than usual as the numbers of pagurau had dwindled. This was also the first performance of the season I attended, so I was shyer about about taking photographs, opting to take them from a distance, hence the lower quality.

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Performance: Sungai Baringin, July 15, 2016