Performance: Padang Panjang, April 10, 2004
Time: around noon
Place: Padang Panjang
Style: Saluang Dangdut
Occasion: Wedding. This performance took place at a wedding during the main celebration during the day. As Martis told me in advance of the event, it is "entertainment to greet the guests." The hosts for this particular event were related to famous padendang, Syamsimar. This might help explain why the hosts chose saluang dangdut for the daytime celebration rather than more common popular styles.
Set up: A full stage was erected in the yard of a house across the street from the host's house. A canopy was also erected stretching across the two spaces. Part of it housed the team welcoming guests. The other part covered tables and chairs where guests would sit to eat.
Performers:
- Padendang:
- Invited participants (those on stage for the duration)
- An (Adrial), who is now a professional singer by the name of Lepai
- Yeli Indriati
- Nengsih
- Ati
- Len, who was also playing tambourine
- Fera (who had just started learning and did not participate much)
- Guest participants (those on stage for a few songs)
- Syamsimar
- Asnah, daughter from Syamsimar's older sibling
- Hutmawati, daughter from Syamsimar's younger sibling
- Invited participants (those on stage for the duration)
- Tukang Saluang
- Martis
- Mak Indo
- Other Instrumentalists
- An (Adrial): he played the gendang dangdut in addition to singing
- As: who played the rabano, or drum known as gendang oyak
- Janang
- Nobody officially filled this role, meaning it was their sole duty, but some of the singers participated to make announcements.
Ethnographers: Jennifer
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