10.4225/03/59489f08e15fc Kartomi, Margaret J. Margaret J. Kartomi Kartomi, Hidris Hidris Kartomi Biola Aceh Monash University 2017 1959.1/45883 Aceh Sumatra -- Aceh -- Kabupaten Pidie -- Town of Sigli monash:7554 Rhyming quatrain Kornhauser, Bronia Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Music-Conservatorium Improvised verse Violin Biola Comedy Pantun Digital Humanities Performing Arts Ethnic Studies 2017-06-20 04:05:27 Figure https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/figure/Biola_Aceh/5063941 For male participants. In this performance of the traditional Biola Aceh genre, the biola (violin) player made his own biola. He sits at the back playing on 2 of the instrument's 4 strings to accompany the two male actors in the foreground. One of actors plays the part of a woman and the other a man as they entertain their audience with comic sketches and acting. This kind of entertainment can last for hours at a time. The comic sketches include humorous singing of improvised verses in pantun form which can generally be described as a quatrain or 4-line stanza with an 'a b a b' rhyming pattern. The pantun was originally a Malay oral literary mode of expression with content that is usually subtle, witty and full of symbolism. The Biola Aceh genre is very rarely found in Aceh today. Copyright 1982. Notes prepared by Bronia Kornhauser with Margaret Kartomi, School of Music-Conservatorium, Monash University. Photography by Hidris Kartomi.