- artist:Various Artists
- featured artist:Orkès Gambus Al-Hidayah, M. Sani Burhan, H. Zakaria M.A., Ismail, Mak Yong Pak Atan, etc.
- region:South East Asia
- release year:1996
- style(s):Traditional, World
- country:Indonesia
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc), MC (Music Cassette)
- record posted by:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- label:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- publisher:Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Melayu (or "Malay") culture has been influential throughout much of Indonesia. This album presents two widespread Melayu entertainment genres plus songs and instrumental music from two forms of Melayu theater. Among the instruments heard are the gambus (a lute believed to have originated in Arabia), violin, several kinds of drums, and—in the polished ronggéng dance music of Meda—an eloquent accordion. Recorded in widely scattered locations in Sumatra and in three islands of Riau.