For female participants. "Plate (piring) dance (tari)" which symbolises the activities associated with farming as well as appreciation for a bountiful harvest: young women dance tari piring in a stree
Audio 8.1: Audio Example 1 in Chapter 8 of book: Margaret Kartomi, ‘Musical Journeys in Sumatra’, Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. “Gending Sriwijaya” and its accompanying dance “
For female participants. Long finger-nail (tanggai) dance (tari): dancer wearing gold-thread songket material (made in the surrounding Ogan-Komering Ilir basin) as part of the bridal costume. It is a
Audio 3.1: Audio Example 1 in Chapter 3 of book: Margaret Kartomi, ‘Musical Journeys in Sumatra’, Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. In the south-coastal area of West Sumatra, the e
