People: Syamsimar
Other Names: None known.
Role: Padendang.
Sex: Female.
Time Frame: Contemporary Figure
Source: personal interactions at performances and through an interview in 2004.
Born: Historical records of her birth are not exact. There are estimates that range from 1936-1945, with the later range more likely.
Died: June 14, 2011.
Place of Origin: Guguak, Pariangan.
Place of Residence: Pariangan.
Year started performing: @1965.
Training: Syamsimar learned from her father, Djamain Dt. Tumbijo, who was a tukang saluang.
Relationships to other performers:
- her 4th husband, Yusri Lelo Sati (m. 1966), was a tukang saluang.
- her niece, Hutamawati, is a tukang dendang.
Group:
- Syamsimar and her husband Yusri Lelo Sati established a group called Minang Maimbau. Other members, according to Mardjani (pp. 396, 400), include
- Aminuddin, tukang saluang
- Asminar, padendang
- Hutamawati, padendang
- Ernawati, padendang: Is this the singer now known as Te E? When I interviewed Te E she did not mention this.
- When Yusri Lelo Sati died (1989), tukang saluang accompanying Syamsimar included Hen Peke and Malin Cayo.
- As a special guest at Performance: Pariangan, February 10, 2004.
- As a special guest at Performance: Padang Panjang, April 10, 2004.
Songs composed:
- Song: "Banda Sapuluah"
- Song: "Bungo Larangan"
- Song: "Bujang Marando" (source: Syamsimar)
- Song: "Guguak Maniti Ameh" (obit.)
- Song: "Indang Bareh Maha"
- Song: "Indang Kurinci"
- Song: "Indang Sirenti"
- Song: "Kamaman"
- Song: "Kambang Aia Aji"
- Song: "Kutang Barendo" (source: Syamsimar)
- Song: "Lego Puyuah"
- Song: "Lintau Basiang" (obit.)
- Song: "Lubuak Aluang"
- Song: "Manyongsong Riak" (obit.): is this the same song as "Riak Mayonsong Bayua"?
- Song: "Palaiaran"
- Song: "Piaman Lamo" (obit.)
- Song: "Racun Dunia"
- Song: "Salawaik Talam" (source: Syamsimar)
- Song: "Singgalang Oyak Kapua"
- Song: "Siriah Langkok" (source: Syamsimar)
- Song: "Talempong Unggan" (source: Syamsimar)
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- Performance: Pariangan, February 10, 2004
- People: Te E
- Performance: Padang Panjang, April 10, 2004
- Place: Pariangan
- People: Yusri Lelo Sati
- People: Asminar
- People: Hutamawati
- People: Aminuddin
- Image: Syamsimar
- Resource: Mardjani Martamin et. al.
- Group: Minang Maimbau
- Image: Mardjani Chart of Performers with focus on Minang Maimbau
- People: Djamain Dt. Tumbijo
- Resource: "Syamsimar Tutup Usia, Ranah Minang Kehilangan Pelantun Suara Emas Saluang"
- People: Hen Peke
- Image: Syamsimar Singing at Saluang Dangdut
- People: Malin Cayo
- Image: Syamsimar, Gurin, and Martis