Example 11.1: Mendu theatre audio-visual excerpts, Natuna, Riau Islands, Indonesia 1984

Video excerpts of recordings taken from one of the most popular Mendu theatre performances in Natuna, the episode in which the heroine Siti Mahdewi has an evil spell cast on her that transforms her into a White Elephant. It was staged by an all-male cast at night beginning around 8pm and finishing after midnight, inside a traditional stage frame with mystical Pulai tree planted at the front, located in Ceruk village, near the capital of Natuna, Ranai.0.00-1.54 Scene: The hero Dewa Mendu sings and dances a mantra around a White Elephant attempting to break the spell, with his brother Angkaran Dewa comically warning Dewa Mendu of the potential danger in carrying out such magic.1.55-3.38 When Dewa Mendu's mantra succeeds in lifting the spell, the White Elephant sheds its elephant skin to reveal princess Siti Mahdewi in exile from the kingdom ruled by her father, King Langakdura. The brothers attempt to attract her attention. Mixture of singing by Siti Mahdewi and comic dialogue between the brothers.3.39-5.49 As the three characters attempt to find their way through the jungle to the kingdom of King Langkadura, they meet three of the king's masked clown servants chopping wood for the palace kitchen.5.50-9.53 Set in the king's meeting hall, King Langkadura and his three ministers discuss the lay of the land. The clowns arrive with the three travellers. The king is informed, and the clowns are allowed to enter the meeting hall to address the king and to bring in the travellers including his long-lost daughter, Siti Mahdewi, now no longer an elephant. In a playful mood, the clown servants wait outside, while the king expresses his joy in song.9.54-10.59 The king meets with Dewa Mendu and his brother, expresses his gratitude, asks him to marry his daughter Siti Mahdewi and to succeed him as king.11.00-11.57 Joget dance between two female characters and males invited from the audience, to mark the end of the evening.Further information about this performance can be found in 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), Performing the Arts of Indonesia: Malay Identity and Politics in the Music, Dance and Theatre of the Riau Islands, Copenhagen: Nias Press, 2019. See also K.S. Kartomi. 1986. "Mendu Theatre on the Island of Bunguran" BA thesis. Clayton: Monash University, and "The Biola in the Riau Islands" short film documentary, directed by K.S. Kartomi Thomas, edited by S. Rossanno, produced by M.Kartomi at MAMU

本数据集为纳土纳（Natuna）地区最具人气的孟杜戏（Mendu theatre）演出录像节选片段，剧情围绕女主角西蒂·马德维（Siti Mahdewi）被施加恶咒化身为白象（White Elephant）展开。本次演出由全男性演员阵容呈现，于夜间举办，开场时间约为晚上8点，结束时间晚于午夜；演出场地位于瑟鲁克（Ceruk）村的传统戏台，台前种植有象征神秘意象的普莱树（Pulai tree），该村毗邻纳土纳首府拉奈（Ranai）。

0.00-1.54 场景：英雄德瓦·孟杜（Dewa Mendu）围绕白象吟唱咒语、载歌载舞，试图破解咒术；其兄昂卡兰·德瓦（Angkaran Dewa）以喜剧手法向德瓦·孟杜警示此番施法可能面临的风险。
1.55-3.38 当德瓦·孟杜的咒语成功解除咒术后，白象褪去象皮，现出被父王朗卡杜拉国王（King Langakdura）放逐的公主西蒂·马德维真身。兄弟二人试图吸引她的注意，现场穿插西蒂·马德维的演唱与兄弟二人的喜剧对白。
3.39-5.49 三人试图穿越丛林前往朗卡杜拉国王的王国途中，偶遇国王麾下三名戴面具的小丑侍从，他们正为王宫厨房砍柴。
5.50-9.53 场景切换至国王议事厅，朗卡杜拉国王与三位大臣正在商讨国事。此时小丑侍从携三名旅人抵达。侍卫通报国王后，准许小丑侍从进入议事厅，同时引领包括其失散多年的女儿西蒂·马德维（现已恢复人身）在内的旅人入内。小丑侍从在厅外等候，气氛轻松诙谐，国王则以歌声抒发内心的喜悦。
9.54-10.59 国王会见德瓦·孟杜及其兄长，表达谢意，并恳请德瓦·孟杜迎娶其女西蒂·马德维，且继任王位。
11.00-11.57 两名女性角色与受邀上台的观众男性共同表演乔格特舞（Joget dance），以纪念本场夜间演出的落幕。

如需了解该演出的更多细节，可参阅凯伦·卡尔托米·托马斯（Karen Kartomi Thomas）所著《纳土纳群岛的孟杜戏演出（1984-2013）：功能、演出实践与风格的演变》一文，该文收录于玛格丽特·卡尔托米（Margaret Kartomi）主编的《演绎印尼艺术：廖内群岛（Riau Islands）音乐、舞蹈与戏剧中的马来身份与政治》，哥本哈根：Nias Press出版社，2019年。亦可参考K.S.卡尔托米1986年的学士学位论文《邦古兰（Bunguran）岛的孟杜戏》（克莱顿：莫纳什大学（Monash University）），以及由K.S.卡尔托米·托马斯执导、S.罗萨诺（S. Rossanno）剪辑、M.卡尔托米（M. Kartomi）在MAMU出品的短片纪录片《廖内群岛的比奥拉琴》（*The Biola in the Riau Islands*）。