The functions of gong ensemble music in death rituals of the Dusun Tatana / Ashley Saleviter

• Main Author: xSaleviter, Ashley Saleviter
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Music 2016
• Subjects: Philosophical and societal aspects of music. Physics and acoustics of music. Physiological aspects of music; Aspects of the field of music as a whole
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22163/1/PPb_ASHLEY%20SALEVITER%20MU%2016_5.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22163/

This study explores the gong ensemble music and its functions in death rituals of the Dusun Tatana of Kuala Penyu, Sabah. The Surabai is a gong ensemble music of the Dusun Tatana that is used in death rituals of the ethnic and can only be played when there is death happened in a Dusun Tatana Village...