MALAYSIAN FOLK MUSIC
Music for Theater: JIKEY

Jikey is a popular traditional northern Malay and southern Thai theater form involving comic dialog, music and dance. The music in jikey consists of both purely instrumental music and music as accompaniment to singing. A form of leitmotif is involved as various characters in the drama are identified with specific elements in the music. A typical jikey musical troupe includes a violin, 3 drums or rebana, and 2 cerik or bamboo stampers. (Mohd. Ghouse 1992).

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