Musical Worlds of Yogyakarta

Glossary of special terms

Glossary of special terms abangan an aliran social grouping, characterised by ‘village sensibilities’ and a syncretic or ‘nominal’ form of Islam (from the Arabic aba’an, a practicing but nonstrict Muslim) aliran literally ‘stream’ or ‘current’, refers to the abangan, priyayi and santri social groupings in Java that Geertz (1960) identified based on occupational orientation and ‘world outlook’ anak jalanan street child/‘street kid’ angkringan portable tea and snack/meal stall Astro Band a pengamen group that performed regularly on Malioboro Street and elsewhere in downtown Yogyakarta Bar Borobudur a ranch-style pub near Sosrowijayan featuring loud live rock music becak two-seater tricycle pedicab campursari literally ‘mixed essences’, a musical genre that became very popular in central and east Java in the mid-1990s. Campursari combines gamelan ensembles with western diatonic instruments such as bass guitar , hi-tech keyboards and saxophone, and regional and national forms and instruments including kroncong ukuleles and dangdut drum. dangdut major Indonesian popular music genre variously associated with urban lower classes, nationalism and an Islamic ethic. Many of dangdut’s musical elements grew out of melayu ensembles, but it broadly comprises Indian kanerva pattern rhythms on a tabla or a kendang drum; flutes and keyboards played with Hindustani-flavoured lilts; and heavy-metal guitar. dangdut Jawa dangdut music with Java-specific features, these most often being song lyrics in Javanese DPRD Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah; Regional Parliament | Glossary of special terms x electone hi-tech programmable keyboard, also sometimes called organ tunggal, named after the Yamaha trademarked electronic organs of the same name gambus a pear-shaped lute of Arabian origin; features in Malay /Islamic orchestras often known as orkes gambus habitus concept developed by Pierre Bourdieu that conveys the idea that people’s dispositions, perceptions of life chances, and habituated physical movements are products of deeply embedded social structures formed through (especially early)life experiences Islamic Institute State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN, Institut Agama Islam Negeri) in Yogyakarta; became the State Islamic University (UIN, Universitas Islam Negeri ) in 2003 jalanan of the street; having the character of the streets jatilan a form of trance dance popular in Java joged popular dance form found throughout the Indonesian /Malay world; although most often performed in couples, joged can also refer to solo dancers doing the two-step characteristic of the form kafe term for a type of nightclub that can also function as a daytime café/restaurant kampung neighbourhood karawitan general term for gamelan music that includes singing kendang two-headed drum that features in gamelan ensembles and dangdut groups KPJM Kelompok Penyanyi Jalanan Malioboro; Malioboro Streetside Singing Group, also important to the formation of the Malioboro Arts Community Kridosono sports hall and stadium that houses many large-scale musical performances kroncong popular music genre featuring diasporic Portuguese mandolin; Sundanese/Betawi flute runs; a distinct guitar style; a nostalgic vocal style; and lyrical themes of love, loss and the Indonesian Independence struggle langgam Jawa literally ‘Javanese custom/style’, here a musical genre closely related to kroncong, but which tends to feature Javanese lyrics and slendro pentatonic-scale patterns Glossary of special terms | xi lesehan street restaurants where customers sit on straw mats on the ground Melayu ‘Malay’; in relation to music generally refers to elements or nuances characteristic of melayu ensembles musical physica- the manifested physical behaviours that arise around lisation or through music musik jalanan street music; in Yogyakarta the term is sometimes applied to street buskers playing traditionalist genres, but more often applies to western-influenced, politically oppositional folk/rock music, with guitars being the most common instrument Opposite Resto a popular night-time ‘hangout’ for street guides and others by the Sosrowijayan Street roadside and opposite the Resto café/bar pengamen street busker perek ‘experimental woman’, from perempuan eksperimental; a term for women who often have sexual encounters with (especially western) men (the less stigmatised equivalent for local-based men is ‘gigolo’) Prada a late-night lesehan eatery on the corner of Malioboro and Sosrowijayan streets preman ‘gangster’ or ‘thug’ (from the Dutch vrij man, ‘free man’) priyayi an aliran social grouping featuring high-status bureaucratic /Hindu-Javanese Purawisata a multi-function amusement park and ‘cultural arts centre’; the open-air Taman Ria venue within the complex regularly houses large-scale dangdut performances qasidah a form of Arabian-influenced lyric poetry, in Indonesia also associated with rebana frame drum accompaniment Reformasi term for the ‘reform era’ that gained momentum...