posted on 2020-11-02, 10:36authored byMargaret Kartomi
Videos
of Margaret Kartomi and Karen Kartomi Thomas' field trip to Lampung, 7-11
December 2011. Contents (with corresponding filenames) according to notes as
follows:
7 Dec. Bandar Lampung: Lampung Province’s National Teacher Day (‘Let us
create professional, prosperous and protected teachers to improve the quality
of education’ was the slogan on the banner above the stage). Filenames ending
001-002, 007-011. Filenames ending 003-006: Margaret Kartomi giving a talk
about gamolan and its link to
Borobodur.
8 Dec. Bandar Lampung: Adok (customary titles), presented to Margaret
Kartomi and daughter Karen Kartomi Thomas by Council of Adat Elders of
Lampung (Majelis Penyimbang Adat Lampung) and Lampung Provincial Government
at the World Record event for longest continuous performance of gamolan (bamboo xylophone).
Filenames ending 012 to 107.
9 Dec. Bandar Lampung: Gamolan performance at Margaret Kartomi's lecture on ethnomusicology.
Filenames ending 108 to 110.
10 Dec. Bandar Lampung. Margaret Kartomi interviewing singer of pisaan about Margaret's receiving
the Adok at ceremony. Filenames ending: 111 to 112.
10 Dec. Bandar Lampung. Hadrah and Tari Bedana performed by Sanggar Seni Budaya Lampung “Angon
Saka” chaired by and in the home of Bp Syarifudin Iskandar Gelar Raja
Bangsawan on campus of SD Setiabudi in Teluk Betung, Bandar Lampung. They
used a solo gambus, 2
sizes of rebana, some
with jingles, and a set of 4 marwas which were played loudly (taktim) at ends of sections. Filenames ending: 113 to 117.
10 Dec. Bandar Lampung. Margaret Kartomi in the Governor of Lampung’s
house. Filenames ending: 118 to 119.
11 Dec. Bandar Lampung. Margaret Kartomi in hotel room testing the pitches
of an old gamolan lent
to her by Hasyimkan. Filename ending: 120.
11 Dec. Bandar Lampung. Hadrah performed by group led by Abdul Karim with the title Pangeran
Laksamana; the instruments played are rebanas (called tarbangan in this area); they sang dikir lama
(traditional) songs used for weddings and
circumcisions with texts read from the Bersanji/Hadra book in Arabic, and dikir baru (new) songs. Filenames
ending: 121 to 122.