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1. 1 2020-07-09T19:00:10+00:00 Jennifer Fraser 404477000adfd4e5c7a1128cfac82e1fc740e8c3 Mapping Saluang Jennifer Fraser 19 This map provides a listing of all the places connected with saluang in some way. google_maps 2021-06-23T12:21:19+00:00 Jennifer Fraser 404477000adfd4e5c7a1128cfac82e1fc740e8c3

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• 1 2021-03-13T12:18:19+00:00 Rendition: "Pariaman Panjang" 07/21/2016 19 "Pariaman Panjang" performed at Recording Session with Si Sri and Pian plain 2022-10-18T19:41:07+00:00 Song: "Pariaman Panjang"
  Performance: Recording Session 
  Place:  Padang Datar, a neighborhood of Payokumbuah.   
  Date: July 21, 2016
  People: 
  • Padendang: Si Sri
  • Tukang Saluang: Pian
  Recording: This recording was unusual in that it wasn't at a live performance, but a recording session expressly for the purpose of documenting key songs part of the repertoire. There is only one padendang, rather than a couple trading off verses and sections. Moreover, there is external sound--some kind of rock band--bleeding into the recording. 
  
  
  
  Analysis of song structure: In the recording, the song's constituent parts have been documented. The identification and naming of these parts took place through an ethnographic listening session with Pak Ketua, a saluang aficionado. He helped identify when something was happening and what it was called. The terminology used, therefore, is local. 
  
  It is important to remember that "Pariaman Panjang" has a flexible song structure, including two melodic sections which both take a full pantun: the induak (mother) and anak (child). The length of the pantun is not fixed for either, so you will see variable length pantun below for both the induak and the anak. The # by text lines in the Minangkabau version count the line of the text in each half of the pantun. 
  
  

  
  Lyrics: 

  Induak 1 

  Batang

  Minangkabau: 
  1. Manih tabunyo rang Piaman                                        
  2. Dikilang sadiang mandaki                                            
  3. Urek di lingkah layang-layang                                      
  4. Daunnyo banyak nan patah                                         
  5. Patah dek ribuik pagi hari                                            
  6. Sado nan patah lareh juo                           
  Indonesian: 
  Manis tebunya urang Pariaman
  Dikilang sedang mendaki
  Urat tebu diduduki oleh layang-layang
  Daunnya banyak yang patah
  Patah karena banyak angina
  Semua yang patah laras juga
  
  English: 
  The sugar cane of the Pariaman people is sweet
  It’s squeezed while walking
  The roots are sat on by swallows
  The leaves have many that are broken
  Broken by strong wind in the morning
  All that are broken fall off
   

  Isi

  Minangkabau: 
  1. Manangih Gunuang Pasaman                                      
  2. Tambah hanguih Gunuang Marapi                    
  3. Taisak Gunuang Singgalang                                         
  4. Managun aia di lurah                                                     
  5. Cando baniaik kok dak jadi                                            
  6. Ka tau utang awak di namo  
  • NB: This induak involves 6 lines per pantun half.                                                                  
  
  Indonesian: 
  Menangis Gunung Pasaman 
  Tambah hangus Gunung Merapi
  Terisak Gunung Singgalang
  Tertegun air di lurah
  Seperti berniat tidak jadi
  Ke tahu utang kita di nama
  
  English: 
  Mt. Pasaman is crying
  Mt. Merapi is often smoldering
  Mt. Singgalang sobs
  The water in streams has stopped flowing
  It is like the interest doesn’t come. 
  We already have a name. 
   

  Interpretation of Induak 1

  Batang: The batang is relatively descriptive about the place and nature. It talks about the sweetness of sugar cane grown in Pariaman, a way of establishing connection to the place, Pariaman, but also about sugarcane, wind, and birds.
  Isi: Pak Ketua explained that on the surface this is a pantun parasaian but in reality it is a pantun muda-mudi. The mountains here are metaphor for people: the father is crying, the mother is crying, the whole family and surrounding community is sobbing, hence the connection with parasaian. It is muda-mudi because the pantun functions as a metaphor for an individual who is romantically interested in someone but the other party does not reciprocate the interest. So at this level, the pantun is about dating: we are the jilted lover, the relationship ended by the other person. The implication is that everyone in the village knows about the relationship and the end of it. 

  Anak 1

  Batang

  Minangkabau
  1. Kudo pacuaan rang Piaman
  2. Di kuduak baling mambakeh 
  3. Kaki nan rancak ka ampeknyo 
  Indonesian
  Kuda pacuaan urang Pariaman
  Di kuduk baling membekas
  Kaki yang bagus keempatnya
  
  English
  Horse racing of the people from Pariaman
  Nape of neck leaves a trace (These are horses that are one color predominantly but have a patch of another color on the back of their necks)
  All four of their hooves are good

  Isi

  Minangakabau
  1. Dek hati kurang baiman
  2. Luko di kaniang tampek bakeh 
  3. Kanai di hati luluah sajo 
  Indonesian
  Dek hati kurang sabar 
  Luka di kening tempat bekas
  Kena di hati luluh sajo 
  
  English
  By a heart that is less than patient
  A wound on the forehead shows
  A wound in the heart breaks one
   

  Interpretation of Anak 1

  Batang: The pantun is a description of an activity--horseracing--that takes place in Pariaman. 
  Isi: This pantun tells of the suffering in love, of a broken heart. 

  
  Induak 2

  Batang

  Minangkabau:
  1. Ka balai mambali kain  
  2. Mambali sitin ba karatan 
  3. Di Payokumbuah hari akad 
  4. Lah dapek kain saukuran 
  5. Baguntiang bajaik balun
  6. Dek tuan tolong manyudahkan 
  7. Talatak apo kagunonyo 
  • NB: This induak involves 7 lines per pantun half, whereas the first induak was just 6 lines. 
  Indonesian:
  Ke pasar membeli kain. 
  Membeli kain satu potong
  di pasar Payakumbuah hari minggu
  sudah dapat kain satu ukuran
  sudah bergunting belum dijahit
  dek tuan tolong menyudahkan
  terletak apa ke gunanya 
  
  English:
  Going to the market to buy cloth
  To buy a length of cloth
  At the Payokumbuah market on Sunday
  I got one measure of cloth
  It was already cut but not yet sewn
  Sir, please help me finish it
  To be put into place the use for it. 

  Isi

  Minangkabau:
  1. Kami mandapek kaba angin 
  2. Lah kambang si bungo intan 
  3. Pamenan allah jo Mohamad
  4. Biarlahnyo bungo larangan
  5. Kumbang baniak nak ka kiyun
  6. Tagak dek balun dapek jalan
  7. Kini mamadang jauah sajo
  Indonesian:
  Saya mendapat berita. 
  Sudah kembang si bunga intan
  Hadiah Allah dengan Muhammad
  Walaupun itu bunga larangan
  Kumbang berniat ke sana
  Tapi karena belum dapat dijalan
  Sekarang memadang dari jauh saja. 
  
  English:
  I’ve received some news
  The bungo intan (jewel of a flower) is already flowering
  It's a gift from God
  However, it's a forbidden flower. 
  The bee is interested in searching there
  But because he has not yet received any (nectar) in his journey. 
  He’s forced to look from afar.

  Note

  This is a pantun baku. It is also found in the following renditions of songs:
  • Rendition of Pariaman Panjang 

  Interpretation of Induak 2

  Batang: This verse is largely descriptive, about buying cloth at the market for a project, and the padendang suggesting the person listening should define a need for it. It also makes mention of a specific place, the market of Payokumbuah. 
  Isi: This verse could be read on many levels. On one, it can be taken quite literally: a bee looking for nectar in a flower. On another, it could taken metaphorically to mean a man looking for a woman. The use of this pantun in this context was different than the performance in Suayan in 2015, where it was a deliberate jab at Pak Ketua. The use of the one pantun to function differently in different contexts speaks to the semantic fluidity and polysemousness of song texts. 

  Anak 2

  Batang

  Minangkabau
  1. Badarak badarun-darun
  2. Lah runtuah tabiang jo ngarai 
  3. Musibah paliang marusuah
  4. Untuang indak taulang lai
  Indonesian
  Berderak berderum-derum
  Sudah runtuh tebing dengan ngarai 
  Musibah paling marusuah 
  Untung tidak terulang lagi 
  
  English
  To creak, to rumble and roar
  Steep banks and gorges have collapsed
  Disasters make the greatest disturbance
  Fortunately they (disasters) are not easily repeated. 
   

  Isi

  Minangkabau:
  1. Baibo hati urang punyo kabun 
  2. Bungo lah layuah tiok tangkai
  3. Kumbang nan malah ka dituduah
  4. Sabab lah banyak mainggoki
  Indonesian
  Beriba hati urang punya kebun 
  Bunga sudah layuh setiap tangkai
  Kumbang yang malah ke dituduh
  Sebab sudah banyak menghinggapi
  
  English
  For people who have gardens, the heart is bitterly weeping 
  Every stem of the flowers is already weak 
  The bumblebees who were present are suspected
  Because already lots have alighted on [the flower].
   

  Interpretation of Anak 2

  Batang: This pantun is descriptive for disasters, probably an earthquake. 
  Isi: Like many metaphorical, one might interpret this literally, but it should be read metaphorically. The garden is a metaphor for a mother and father, or by extension a community. A "bungo layuah" (wilted flower) is a metaphor for a young woman who is no longer a virgin. The bumblebee is a metaphor for a man so the third and fourth lines are about suspecting the men who have alighted on the wilted flower. It is a pantun nasehat. It is also a pantun baku. 
  
  
• 1 2020-07-16T19:14:18+00:00 Song: "Ratok Sabu" 14 This song is named after the place, the nagari Sabu. plain 2021-06-27T00:21:46+00:00 Alternative Title: "Sabu"
  Translation of Title: "Ratok of Sabu," a song named for the place, nagari Sabu.
  Composer: Unknown.
  Type of song: Ratok.
  Place affiliations: 
  • Nagari: Sabu.
  • Kecamatan: Batipuah.
  • Luak: Tanah Data.
  • Darek or Rantau: Darek.
  Source: Mardjani's List of Songs, Martis, Pak Ketua.
  Description: The introduction for this song is similar to imbauan Singgalang, the introduction used for all Singgalang songs. The structure of the remainder of the song shares some other structural similarities, but according to Martis the similarity is not intentional, but more a result of relative proximity of place: Sabu is a nagari about 9 miles away from nagari Singgalang on the opposite side of the valley between Mt. Singgalang and Mt. Marapi. The theme for pantun is a lament by someone from Sabu about the loss of someone close, such as a husband or friend.
  
  
  
  
• 1 media/Image_Singgalang from ISI.jpeg 2020-08-21T12:05:02+00:00 Introduction to Place 12 Introduction to Place image_header 2022-02-08T03:45:06+00:00 Place--where one is situated, where one lives, works and travels--governs people's experience. Much of my time in the highlands of West Sumatra has been spent in the highland town of Padang Panjang, surrounded by the peaks of Mt. Tandikek and Mt. Singgalang to the northeast and Mt. Marapi to the northwest. Often, those mountains were covered in cloud, but when the peaks were revealed, I reveled in their beauty. Many Minangkabau people experience these mountains on a regular basis but their experiences are likely structured by different views, such as living in Koto Baru directly between them or in Bukittinggi where they are located to the south. My experience, my knowledge of Mt. Singgalang is specific to my location. 
  
  The experience of place in West Sumatra, as anywhere, is condition by personal experience, collection of places lived or traveled over a lifetime, the visits to see people or performances located in specific places, and the roads traveled to get there.
  
  To help you, the user, get a sense of the place where this music lives, we've provided several tools.
  • The first is two-dimensional maps that present a sense of the boundedness of places, where one places begins and another ends.
  • The second is interactive google maps where you, as the user, can choose your view. You can zoom in or out, to see where a named place is situated. You can choose your view, toggling between "Map" and "Satellite" views, between "Streetview" and "Terrain" within maps, and with and without labels in "Satellite" view. My personal favorite is "Terrain" view because it gives you the best sense of the lay of the land, of the topography, which in the mountainous highlands is really important.   
  • The third is images of places, where possible. We've opted to use images where authorship has been guaranteed, either my own or from family and friends who have traveled to experience this place I've called home. When you click on the page for a place, any associated images will be included there. For example, click on the link to go to the page for Padang Panjang, the place at the center of the google maps above.
• 1 media/Image_Padang Panjang Market.jpeg media/Image_Pesantran Terpadu Serambi Mekkah.jpeg 2020-08-06T19:02:03+00:00 Place: Padang Panjang 11 Padang Panjang is the first town in the highlands coming up the road from Padang to Bukittinggi. google_maps 2021-09-09T00:34:27+00:00 -0.46375, 100.39922 Padang Panjang, situated at 2,500ft, is the first town in the highlands coming through the mountain pass on the road from Padang to Bukittinggi. Nestled in between Mt. Singgalang and Mt. Marapi, Padang Panjang is home to the Institut Seni Indonesia (Institute of Indonesian Arts) and was Jennifer's home base for 2+ years from 1998-9, when she was a student at Institut Seni Indonesian (then called ASKI), and 2003-4 when she was conducting dissertation research.
  
  
  
  
  
• 1 2020-08-05T13:42:55+00:00 Song: "Gunuang" 5 This song is affiliated with the place, the region of Padang Panjang referred to as "Gunuang" (Mountain). plain 2020-12-06T00:23:54+00:00 Translation of Title: This song is affiliated with the place, the area of Padang Panjang called "Gunang," which means "mountain." Gunuang is the northernmost part of Padang Panjang, situated closest to and on the foothills of Mt. Marapi.
  Composer: Unknown.
  Type of song: Ratok.
  
  Place affiliations: 
  • Luak: Tanah Data.
  • Darek or Rantau: Darek.
  Source: Mardjani's List of Songs.
   
• 1 2021-08-03T16:18:00+00:00 The Role of Pantun Baku 4 Description of pantun baku in use plain 2021-08-03T19:32:24+00:00 Pantun Baku are those pantun in the saluang repertoire that are stock verses, familiar to many padendang and their audiences. Sometimes pantun baku are firmly attached to a particular tune, rarely used in another song. Sometimes they are frequently used in a particular song. Other times they circulate between a number of songs. 
  
  Pantun baku might refer to the whole pantun, both batang and isi, or just half of it, especially the isi. A pantun can be considered a pantun baku with minor variations between renditions. Compare the following two renditions or variants of the "same" pantun. The text that differs between the two renditions has been underlined in both variants. 

  Example 1

  This pantun was delivered in rendition of "Pariaman Panjang," July 21, 2016 by Si Sri.  

  Batang

  Manih tabunyo rang Piaman                                     
  Dikilang sadang mandaki                                         
  Urek di lingkah layang-layang                                   
  Daunnyo banyak nan patah                                         
  Patah dek ribuik pagi hari                                         
  Sado nan patah lareh juo                 

  Isi

  Manangih Gunuang Pasaman                                      
  Tambah hanguih Gunuang Marapi                   
  Taisak Gunuang Singgalang                                      
  Managun aia di lurah                                                     
  Cando baniaik kok dak jadi                                            
  Ka tau utang awak di namo  
   

  Example 2

  This pantun was delivered in the rendition of "Pariaman Panjang," July 25, 2016 by Te E.  

  Batang

  Manih tabunyo rang Piaman 
  Dikiliang sadang tangah hari
  Urek di lingkah layang-layang
  Daunnyo banyak nan patah
  Patah dek ribuik pagi hari 
  Sado nan patah lareh juo 

  Isi

  Maisak Gunuang Pasaman
  Tambah hanguih Gunuang Marapi 
  Maratok Gunuang Singgalang
  Managun aia di lurah 
  Cando baniaik kok dak jadi 
  Batang tabuah maanguakannyo

  
  NB: as texts are uploaded to the site and repetitions are noted, they will be tagged here and to each rendition in which it appears.