Hari Raya … Mandailing Style

Horas!..  Its A Mandailing Raya held at Chemor, Perak

This is from the Kinta Chronicles archive .. a Mandailing Hari Raya that was held in September 2013 at Chemor in Perak.It gave an lovely insight of the Mandailing culture. 

Mandailing members from other parts of the country attended such as Kg Kerangai, Negeri Sembilan, Gombak Selangor and Ayer Tawar Perak.

It was 1st September hence the flags. The mock Mandailing wedding

Traditional dancers from Gombak, Selangor

The organizers had put up a mock Mandailing wedding complete with traditional costumes similarly so with the traditional dancers who came from Gombak Selangor.

Traditional and Raya dishes was served

Their lunch menu was their traditional dishes which ingredients included mashed tapioca leaves (daun ubi tumbuk), lemongrass and ginger flower (bunga kantan).

Their full traditional music ensemble, Gordong Sembilan was another bonus. Their instruments consisted of the nine drums, Gordang Sembilan (graded in size from large to small), complemented by two big gongs / Agung, a bamboo flute called Sarune and a pair of small cymbals called Tali Sasayat.

The Gordong Sembilan Ensemble .... with 2 Agung (big gongs) 

9 Drums 

Tali Sasayat (a pair of small cymbal) and a Sarune (bamboo flute)  

As the ensemble played the elders of the community came together with the dancers donned their traditional shawls and danced the Tarian Tor-Tor to the joy of the of the entire Mandailing community.

Traditional dancers don their shawls and get ready for Tor Tor dance 

..show their guests the moves of the dance

dancing the Tor Tor 

We Are Mandailings 

Mandailings Abdur-Razak Lubis and Kak Nadimah with Law of Perak Heritage Society

JAG