The sound of ‘longing for home’. Redefining a sense of community through Minang popular music

Bart Barendregt

Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia · 2002 · 29 citations · 28 references

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Why, yes why, sir, am I singing? Oh, because I am longing, Longing for those who went abroad, Oh rabab, yes rabab, please spread the message To the people far away, so they'll come home quickly (From the popular Minangkabau traditional song 'Rabab'.)

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