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Tarian Gamelan was rather a royal dance and is originally played during the sultanate of Riau-Lingga and subsequently was brought to the Malay land by Sultan Ahmad of Pahang state. It was then introduced to Terengganu state when the Tengku Meriam, daughter of Sultan Ahmad married with the prince of Sultan Zainal Abidin II in Terengganu. It was said that Tarian Gamelan has altogether 39 different dances of which part of these are created by Tengku Ampuan Meriam herself from the stories of she heard from story tellers.
Eight ladies all in colourful silk costume will be accompanied by some musical instrument such as serunai, gambang, saron, bonang, kenong, gendang ibu and gendang anak to perform the story.
Malay gamelan music is usually played during royal and formal occassions and that performers are specially trained in royal palaces. Among the musical instruments played are the Gong Agong, Gong Sawokan, Gendang Ibu, Gendang Anak, Saron Pekin, Saron Baron I, dan Saron Baron II, Gambang and Kenong. |
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