Tifa totobuang

Tifa#

The tifa drums used for the tifa totobuang have been classed into five sizes. These include, from smallest to largest: *tifa jekir *tifa dasar (basic tifa) *tifa potong *tifa jekir potong *tifa bas (bass tifa) Each size of instrument has a different sound, and they are blended together in the orchestra. Different images and videos of the tifas being played show them drummed with empty hands, with sticks and with a combination of the two.

Totobuang#

The totobuang is a set of gong chimes. Photos show the instrument in more than one configuration. One is laid out the same as the bonang, in two equal rows. Other images show a square pattern of 9 or 16 gong chimes. Jaap Kunst, a musicologist who wrote about Javanese music, said that totobuang was probably another word for bonang which could be used for any instrument played with a hammer.

Sawat dance#

The tifa totobuang played music oriented toward Christians, up until 2000, when there were riots in Ambon. After that, the instrument began to play in cultural events with more “Islamic and Malay nuances.” The Sawat dance is associated with traders, Arabs who traded in the “Al-Muluk peninsula”. The Lenso is a dance from Christian areas, backed by tambourines, drums, or tifa totobuang. The two were deliberately combined into the modern Sawat by a group of women who wanted to dance together. The result is a modern product that combines two of the country’s separate arts, one music and one dance.

Gallery#

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Muzikanten tijdens het bespelen van een totobuang en trommen Amahusu TMnr 20018273.jpg Musicians playing totobuang gong chimes and tifa drums at Amahusu. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het bespelen van een trom tijdens touwtrekwedstrijden in Ullath TMnr 20018285.jpg Musician playing tifa drum during tug-of-war matches at Ullath. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een muzikant tijdens het bespelen van een trom Amahusu TMnr 20018274.jpg Musician’s playing tifa drum at Amahusu.

See also#

• Gamelan
• Kulintang
• Talempong
• Kolintang
• Music of Indonesia
• Tari Saureka Reka, Indonesian Wikipedia article about the Sawat dance.

External links#

• Video: a tifa totobuang ensemble playing in an indoor setting, showing both totobuang chimes and tifa drums.
• Video: a tifa totobuang ensemble playing in an outdoor setting, showing both totobuang chimes and tifa drums.
• Photo: example of a large tifa drum.
• Photo: example of smaller tifa drums
• Video. Students playing a different configuration of totobuang gong chimes in 4 rows.
• Photo: Totobuang gong chimes (front), tifa drums (back) in Banda Neira, Maluku, Indonesia.
• Photo: woman playing totobuang gong chimes in Banda Neira, Maluku, Indonesia.