Randai Dance of Minangkabau Sumatra

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Mohd Anis Md Nor

Randai is an originally Indonesian dramatic dance form that has spread in Malaysia since the 1930s. The author's purpose in this work was to go back to the roots of the dance so as to better inform Malaysian musicians and musicologists. Chapters include -

• 1 - The Dance and Its Locale,
• 2 - Minankabau Social Structure and Randai,
• 3 - The Origin of Randai,
• 4 - Performers of Randai,
• 5 - Basic Elements of Contemporary Randai,
• 6 - Secondary Elements in Contemporary Randai,
• 7 - Randai Dance in Padang Panjang.
• 125 pages with one colour and a few black and white plates, sketches of dance moves, notes, appendices, a bibliography, glossary and an index.

Weight: 0.5.kg. * Post free within Malaysia.

Published by University of Malaya Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1986. First edition. ISBN: 9789679940138

Condition: Very Good. Hardback. Although the cover of the book looks fresh and new the end papers and the pages up to and including part of the contents pages have heavy to medium tanning. The text of the remainder of the book is bright and clear