Terebang: Islamic musical genre and strengthening local Sundanese ethnic identity

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Nur Chanifah, Moch. Khafidz Fuad Raya

2025 National Identities Article Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

Rooted in the local Sundanese ethnicity and grounded in Islamic principles, this article aims to explore the genealogy of Islamic Sundanese music (frame-drum), terebang sejak, terebang gebes-beluk, local activists, and the resonance of Sundanese Islamic music in rural areas and traditional identities in urban areas. We use ‘performance ethnomusicology’ as a methodological framework. This research finds a unique fact: the local music genre evolved from the idea of village Islamic ritual vernacular to modernity on the urban stage. This study contributes to the important aspects of vernacular ethnomusicology expressed in domestic social practices that evolve towards the stage of modernity. © 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Affiliations

Faculty of Law, Brawijaya University, Indonesia; Department of Anthropology and Ethnographic Research, Center for the Study of Muslim Society, Indonesia