Song in the Sumatran Highlands

Song: "Tigo Sapilin"

Alternative Title: Te E lists the song as "Sijobang Tigo Sapilin."
Translation of Title: "Three Braided into One"
Composer: Unknown.
Type of song:Satangah Tiang (Others noted this as gembira.)
Genre of origin: Sijobang.
Place affiliations: Source: Te E's List of Songs, Pak Ketua.
Description: Like "Sijobang," this song draws on the melodic and rhythmic material of sijobang. When this material was adapted to saluang, however, modifications to texts were required. Rather than using the kaba format, which was a through narrative, texts were structured as stand alone pantun. According to Martis, the pantun are not related to each other: they could cover pantun muda, pantun perasaian, etc.


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