The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located halfway between Perth and Sri Lanka and part of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories, are home to around 400 Cocos Malays and 150 others. Uninhabited until 1826, the islands became a coconut plantation controlled by the Scottish Clunies-Ross family and worked by...

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Autores: Irving, David Ronald Marshall, McCallum, Jenny
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palavra-chave:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Indian Ocean musics
Cocos Malay music and dance
Islamic religious sound
Nasyid
Zikir
Cocos Malay drumming
Joget
Silat
Melenggok
Selong
Scottish dancing
Bangsawan
Hybridity
Cocos Malay biola (violin)
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spelling The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) IslandsIrving, David Ronald MarshallMcCallum, JennyCocos (Keeling) IslandsIndian Ocean musicsCocos Malay music and danceIslamic religious soundNasyidZikirCocos Malay drummingJogetSilatMelenggokSelongScottish dancingBangsawanHybridityCocos Malay biola (violin)The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located halfway between Perth and Sri Lanka and part of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories, are home to around 400 Cocos Malays and 150 others. Uninhabited until 1826, the islands became a coconut plantation controlled by the Scottish Clunies-Ross family and worked by Malay labourers from 1827 until 1978. In this isolated community there arose a unique and distinctive set of cultural practices, which drew from Malay, Javanese, and (some) Scottish influences. The rhythms of Cocos Malay life involve regular musicking and Islamic religious ritual: on specific occasions, including the week-long celebrations following Hari Raya (Eid al- Fitr), the birthday of the Prophet (Maulud Nabi), and weddings, the community comes together for festive public performances. This film and article present an ethnomusicological survey of Cocos Malay music and dance, based on fieldwork conducted in 2015 and 2016 during the festivities for Hari Raya. Among the genres presented and discussed are: zikir (remembrance of the Prophet), joget (popular Malaysian dance), nasyid (devotional songs), Scottish reels with Scottish dance music, traditional Cocos Malay dance with biola (violin), silat (a martial art), rudat (seated dance) with percussion, and bangsawan (popular theatre). Interviews explore the Cocos Malay biola tradition and projects for its revitalisation, and memories of music and dance for the Nuyar (New Year’s Eve) party that was held in the house of the Clunies-Ross family until the 1990s. The history and modern-day practice of Scottish dancing within this Malay Muslim community form a major focus of the narrative.This study was supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP150103204, 'Malay Music and Dance from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands', based at the University of Melbourne 2015-2019.Peer reviewedUniversity of AdelaideConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202120212020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/226553reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://www.jmro.org.au/index.php/mca2/article/view/258http://www.jmro.org.au/index.php/mca2/article/download/258/73Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2265532026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
title The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
spellingShingle The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Irving, David Ronald Marshall
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Indian Ocean musics
Cocos Malay music and dance
Islamic religious sound
Nasyid
Zikir
Cocos Malay drumming
Joget
Silat
Melenggok
Selong
Scottish dancing
Bangsawan
Hybridity
Cocos Malay biola (violin)
title_short The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
title_full The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
title_fullStr The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
title_full_unstemmed The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
title_sort The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance: A Documentary Film on Performing Arts in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Irving, David Ronald Marshall
McCallum, Jenny
author Irving, David Ronald Marshall
author_facet Irving, David Ronald Marshall
McCallum, Jenny
author_role author
author2 McCallum, Jenny
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Indian Ocean musics
Cocos Malay music and dance
Islamic religious sound
Nasyid
Zikir
Cocos Malay drumming
Joget
Silat
Melenggok
Selong
Scottish dancing
Bangsawan
Hybridity
Cocos Malay biola (violin)
topic Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Indian Ocean musics
Cocos Malay music and dance
Islamic religious sound
Nasyid
Zikir
Cocos Malay drumming
Joget
Silat
Melenggok
Selong
Scottish dancing
Bangsawan
Hybridity
Cocos Malay biola (violin)
description The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located halfway between Perth and Sri Lanka and part of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories, are home to around 400 Cocos Malays and 150 others. Uninhabited until 1826, the islands became a coconut plantation controlled by the Scottish Clunies-Ross family and worked by Malay labourers from 1827 until 1978. In this isolated community there arose a unique and distinctive set of cultural practices, which drew from Malay, Javanese, and (some) Scottish influences. The rhythms of Cocos Malay life involve regular musicking and Islamic religious ritual: on specific occasions, including the week-long celebrations following Hari Raya (Eid al- Fitr), the birthday of the Prophet (Maulud Nabi), and weddings, the community comes together for festive public performances. This film and article present an ethnomusicological survey of Cocos Malay music and dance, based on fieldwork conducted in 2015 and 2016 during the festivities for Hari Raya. Among the genres presented and discussed are: zikir (remembrance of the Prophet), joget (popular Malaysian dance), nasyid (devotional songs), Scottish reels with Scottish dance music, traditional Cocos Malay dance with biola (violin), silat (a martial art), rudat (seated dance) with percussion, and bangsawan (popular theatre). Interviews explore the Cocos Malay biola tradition and projects for its revitalisation, and memories of music and dance for the Nuyar (New Year’s Eve) party that was held in the house of the Clunies-Ross family until the 1990s. The history and modern-day practice of Scottish dancing within this Malay Muslim community form a major focus of the narrative.
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