..THE CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A PICTORIAL HISTORY

..DAYS GONE BYE:
..LIVING IN PENANG

..ROAD TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN PENANG

..TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING

..PENANG, THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS

..MORE THAN MERCHANTS

..PENANG TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS

..OUR MALAYSIA

..KINTA VALLEY

..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION

..STREETS OF GEORGE TOWN,
..PENANG

..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK

..WATER WATCH



Areca Books
120 Armenian Street
10200 Penang, Malaysia
Ph. +60 4 2620123
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The Chinese in Penang: A Pictorial Essay • Days Gone Bye: Living in Penang • Road to Dawn: Fliming in Penang • Tulila: Muzik Bujukan Mandaling • Penang, Through Gilded Doors • More Than Merchants: A History of the German-speaking Community in Penang 1800s-1940s • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide • Penang Trams, Trolleybuses & Railways: Municipal Transport History 1880s-1963 • Our Malaysia: Multi-Cultural Activity Book for Young Malaysians • Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development • Penang Postcards Collection: 1899-1930s • Streets of George Town, Penang: An Illustrated Guide to Penang’s City Streets & Historic Attractions • Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 • Water Watch – A Community Action Guide

Price/Harga: RM40 / Rupiah100,000.
June 2007 Publisher/Penerbit : Areca Books, Penang, Malaysia.
Soft Cover, 16.5 x 24 cm, 202 pages/hlm.
ISBN 978-983-42834-4-5

An ethnomusicology study in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia on Mandailing courtship music.

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Reviews & Press

The New Straits Times
Sunday, 3 February 2008
"Fluting of Love"
by Himanshu Bhatt

New Book! Buku Baru!
TULILA: MUZIK BUJUKAN MANDAILING
Author/Pengarang: Edi Nasution

An ethnomusicology study in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia on Mandailing courtship music.

'Tulila', muzik bujukan Mandailing bagi memikat hati pacar dalam tradisi /markusip/. Sekalipun si anak gadis dipingit di bagas podoman bawah asuhan wanita tua yang disegani, si teruna tekun melamar dengan kehandalannya meniup seruling bambu. Berselang-seli dengan ende-ende atau pantun, muzik tulila diperdengarkan. Begitulah asmara dipadukan antara teruna dan gadis yang saling mengungkapkan isi hati sebelum fajar menyinsing.

Sekali membicarakan kesenian Mandailing, buku ini merangkul budaya, bahasa, cara hidup, adat istiadat, kepercayaan kuno, aturan
kemasyarakatan, pengetahuan setempat, lingkungan dan pola pemukiman di dataran tinggi Sumatra.

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'Tulila', Mandaiing courtship music to woo a lover's heart, in the
tradition of /markusip/. While the maiden is cloistered in the /bagas
podoman/ under the tutelage of a respected elderly woman, the youth
keenly romances her with his skillful playing of the bamboo flute.
Alternating with verse or /ende-ende/, /tulila/ music is heard. And so
the passion is fanned between youth and maiden, who reveal the secrets of their hearts before the breaking of dawn.

While examining the Mandailing arts, the books describes Mandailing culture, language, lifestyles, customs, ancient beliefs, social order, indigenous knowledge, environment and settlement patterns in the Sumatran highlands.

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