10.4225/03/596c2c7b0d991
Kartomi, Margaret J.
Margaret J.
Kartomi
Kartomi, Hidris
Hidris
Kartomi
Rejunk (cang-incang verses)
Monash University
2017
Besemah
Indonesia – South Sumatra – Ogan dan Komering Ilir – Besemah – Kayuagung
Responsorial singing
1959.1/284149
Song
Wedding music
Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Music-Conservatorium
monash:62544
Rejunk
Komering [ethnic group]
Digital Humanities
Performing Arts
Ethnic Studies
2017-07-17 03:18:17
Media
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/media/Rejunk_cang-incang_verses_/5063983
Audio 7.3: Audio Example 3 in Chapter 7 of book: Margaret Kartomi, ‘Musical Journeys in Sumatra’, Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. The vocal practice called “rejunk” involves the singing of responsorial rhyming quatrains or “cang-incang” for a particular, desired affect. This example of “cang-incang” is a song of advice and praise, sung by Bp M. Denin Jakub during a Komering wedding in Kayuagung. Ibu Sri Cik Timah, an elderly female (not recorded), responds to his often improvised verses. Recorded December 1971. Duration: 1 min. 29 sec.
Copyright 1971. Margaret J. Kartomi.