People: Nurana
Sex: Female
Time Frame: Historical figure. In an interview with Erlinda,
when asked if there was any female padendang before her, she answered that as far as she knew there was no-one (1999: 45).
- In other words, Nurana is the first known professional female padendang.
Died: unknown, before 2015.
Place: Batu Balang
Years active: approx. mid-1940s-1990s. She said she started singing as a teenager (Erlinda)
Training: she learned by ear, then participating in randai. It's also possible that her mamak, Mone, was a singer. See biography.
Performed with: she mentions that she sang with another female padendang, Sarinam, who was blind.
Other Notes: She was also a trader of limes
Source: Mardjani et. al.; Erlinda 1999; Erlinda 2001.