JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]

Jikey is a type of traditional theater dance that was once popular In Kedah and Perlis, especially in the 60s. Unfortunately, it went off the radar for quite sometimes that most young generati6n nowadays are not aware of the existence of this unique theatre dance. Thus, this Is an effort to give awa...

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Main Authors: Ahmad@Ahmad Jali, Fathiyah, Wan Omar, Wan Noor Faaizah, Subri, Shafilla, Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36030/
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author Ahmad@Ahmad Jali, Fathiyah
Wan Omar, Wan Noor Faaizah
Subri, Shafilla
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
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Subri, Shafilla
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
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description Jikey is a type of traditional theater dance that was once popular In Kedah and Perlis, especially in the 60s. Unfortunately, it went off the radar for quite sometimes that most young generati6n nowadays are not aware of the existence of this unique theatre dance. Thus, this Is an effort to give awareness and Information and wet as preserve this cultural entity that our next generation knows and appreciates it. This concept idea is meant to re-introduce the arts into the mainstream arts and made it known to the people. The Jikey performance has a strong influence from other Malay performing Arts like Mak Yong, Hadrah, Bangsawan arRi Mek Mulung. The main elements of Jikey are improvised dialbgue, muse and dance, and local legends formed the main repertoire with considerable emphasis placed on slapstick comedy.The Jikey music consists of both instrumental and singing. The main characters are comedians, king and warriors. A complete theatrical orchestra for likey includes rebana (with no jingles) in large, medium and small sixes; one tambourine; one hanging, knobbed gong, fare or more pain of cerek, one pair of kesi, an oboe (serunai for Malay or pi for Thai). However, typical ensembles consist only ofd violin, 3 rebana and 2 cerek or bamboo stampers.
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spelling uitm-360302021-12-01T03:23:10Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36030/ JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.] Ahmad@Ahmad Jali, Fathiyah Wan Omar, Wan Noor Faaizah Subri, Shafilla Mokhtar, Siti Fairus Special subjects of art Study and teaching. Research Jikey is a type of traditional theater dance that was once popular In Kedah and Perlis, especially in the 60s. Unfortunately, it went off the radar for quite sometimes that most young generati6n nowadays are not aware of the existence of this unique theatre dance. Thus, this Is an effort to give awareness and Information and wet as preserve this cultural entity that our next generation knows and appreciates it. This concept idea is meant to re-introduce the arts into the mainstream arts and made it known to the people. The Jikey performance has a strong influence from other Malay performing Arts like Mak Yong, Hadrah, Bangsawan arRi Mek Mulung. The main elements of Jikey are improvised dialbgue, muse and dance, and local legends formed the main repertoire with considerable emphasis placed on slapstick comedy.The Jikey music consists of both instrumental and singing. The main characters are comedians, king and warriors. A complete theatrical orchestra for likey includes rebana (with no jingles) in large, medium and small sixes; one tambourine; one hanging, knobbed gong, fare or more pain of cerek, one pair of kesi, an oboe (serunai for Malay or pi for Thai). However, typical ensembles consist only ofd violin, 3 rebana and 2 cerek or bamboo stampers. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36030/1/36030.pdf Ahmad@Ahmad Jali, Fathiyah and Wan Omar, Wan Noor Faaizah and Subri, Shafilla and Mokhtar, Siti Fairus (2018) JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]. (2018) In: NUDC 2018 2nd National Undergraduates Design Colloquium. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah, p. 30. ISBN 9789670314648 (Submitted)
spellingShingle Special subjects of art
Study and teaching. Research
Ahmad@Ahmad Jali, Fathiyah
Wan Omar, Wan Noor Faaizah
Subri, Shafilla
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title_full JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title_fullStr JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title_short JIKEY: preserving the dying arts / Fathiyah Ahmad@Ahmad Jali …[et al.]
title_sort jikey: preserving the dying arts / fathiyah ahmad@ahmad jali …[et al.]
topic Special subjects of art
Study and teaching. Research
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36030/