Calling Back the Spirit : Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi

Calling Back the Spirit describes how, in the face of Indonesian and foreign cultural pressures, the Makassarese people of South Sulawesi are defending their local spirit through music and dance. The book examines the ways performers in this corner of Indonesia seek to empower local music and dance in a changing environment. Contents......Page 12 List of Illustrations......Page 14 Contents of Compact Disk......Page 18 Orthography, Abbreviations, and Conventions......Page 22 1 Introduction......Page 28 2 South Sulawesi on Parade: Representations of the Local in the Culture Week Festival......Page 53 3 From Ritual Enactment to Stage Entertainment: Andi Nurhani Sapada and the Aestheticization of South Sulawesi's Music and Dance, 1940s–1970s......Page 73 4 From Entertainment to Art and Back to Ritual: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Artistic Power, 1970s–1990s......Page 94 5 Patriotism and Performance: One Holiday, Two Forts, Three Events......Page 114 6 Sinrilik and Kacaping: Persistence and Adaptation of Two Makassarese Musical Genres......Page 129 7 Sound and Power: Makassarese Ganrang Drumming......Page 159 8 Institutionalizing Performance: Schools, Sanggars, and the Government......Page 189 9 Voices on the Margins: Mass Media and Local Music in South Sulawesi......Page 221 10 Conclusion......Page 254 Notes......Page 262 Bibliography......Page 276 B......Page 290 D......Page 291 J......Page 292 L......Page 293 P......Page 294 R......Page 295 S......Page 296 Y......Page 297 The Musical Cultures Of Indonesia Include, In Addition To The Familiar Balinese And Javanese Gamelan, Countless Complex Local Traditions. In Calling Back The Spirit, R. Anderson Sutton Describes The Music Of The Makassarese Region Of South Sulawesi And Explores How, In The Face Of Indonesian And Foreign Cultural Pressures, The Community Is Defending Its Local Spirit Through Music And Dance.--book Jacket. On Cd: Tracks 1-3. Sinrilik -- Tracks 4-6. Kacaping -- Tracks 7-12. Ganrang -- Track 13. Accompaniment For Tari Pakurru Sumangé, With Song -- Track 14. Accompaniment For Tari Anging Mammiri, With Song -- Tracks 15-16. Ati Radja -- Tracks 17-18. Orkes Turiolo/orkes Rambang-rambang -- Tracks 19-20. Losquin Makassar -- Track 21. Pop Makassar -- Track 22. Pop Langgam Makassar. R. Anderson Sutton. Compact Disc Shelved Separately. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 251-263) And Index. Boarding the Garuda Airlines airbus for the final international portion of my journey on 17 July 1993, I was startled out my jet lag by a small item in the events calendar of the inflight magazine: South Sulawesi's fourth annual Culture Week (Ind. Pekan Budaya) festival, scheduled to begin that very day in Ujung Pandang, the provincial capital where I was about to begin new research.