A Malay Nautch
Had the performance I now describe nearly resembled any of those commonly seen here, or in the Peninsula, there could be little interest in this description, but in the belief that the sight as I saw it is a rare one, seldom witnessed by Europeans, and so far undescribed, I have ventured to offer it, as it may, to some, be interesting."
Sir Frank A. Swettenham
'A Malay Nautch' - a paper read at a meeting of the Straits Branch
of the Royal Asiatic Society in Singapore, August 1878.
from www.themalaygamelan.viviti.com/
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