10.4225/03/5948aef66ff5d
Kartomi, Margaret J.
Margaret J.
Kartomi
Kartomi, Hidris
Hidris
Kartomi
Rapa'i daboh (II)
Monash University
2017
Dabbus
Dagger
Religious dance
monash:7591
1959.1/50876
Sumatra -- Aceh -- Kabupaten Aceh Utara -- Town of Lhok Seumawe
Daboh
Kornhauser, Bronia
Awl
Competition
Rapa'i
Monash University. Faculty of Arts. School of Music-Conservatorium
Islam
Digital Humanities
Performing Arts
Ethnic Studies
2017-06-20 04:21:59
Figure
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/figure/Rapa_i_daboh_II_/5064439
For male participants. The rapa'i (a medium-size frame drum) is used in the performance of daboh (Arabic: dabbus, awl) in which religiously inspired performers stab themselves with an awl or dagger, with no pain felt, to show their religious concentration and invulnerability. Daboh is accompanied by mass rapa'i playing and songs of praise of Allah and the Prophets. This image presents a close-up of one of the men playing the rapa'i in a competitive performance of daboh between two groups.
Copyright 1982. Notes prepared by Bronia Kornhauser with Margaret Kartomi, School of Music-Conservatorium, Monash University. Photography by Hidris Kartomi.