10.26180/5bf627914e9e3 Karen Kartomi Thomas Karen Kartomi Thomas Example 11.2: Mendu performance excerpt, 2013 Monash University 2018 mendu theatre Indonesia Riau Islands performing arts cultural identity Performing Arts 2018-11-26 05:39:29 Media https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/media/Mendu_2013/7374215 Excerpt of mendu theatre performance 2013, Indonesia (in Sedenau town on the island of Sedenau, Natuna, Riau Islands). A scene in which the villain turns the princess into a White Elephant, accompanied by music ensemble<i> </i>(<i>biola </i>[violin], gendang drum, and gong) held in Sedenau sports hall.<div><br></div><div>For more information about this example, see Chapter 11, 'Mendu theatre performance in the Natuna islands (1984-2013): transformations in function, performance practices and style' by Karen Kartomi Thomas, in Margaret Kartomi (ed), <i>Performing the Arts of Indonesia: Malay Identity and Politics in the Music, Dance and Theatre of the Riau Islands</i>, Copenhagen: Nias Press, 2019. <br></div>