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Sri Poyatha Venayagar Moorthy Temple & Melaka Chetti Community
Kampung Gajah Behrang,
75200 Melaka
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Introduction and history
Rongbang Chetti is a popular joget dance in Malacca. This dance is a new creation and accepted as a Chetti identity in Melaka. It is based on Joget Ronggeng Chetti and danced along with Chetti dialect songs.
Rongbang Chetti means Ronggeng Chetti Nation, inspired by the outgoing and vibrant atmosphere of Chetti life in Malacca. The chetti favourite dance moves have been chosen as the basic moves of Rongbang Chetti.
For the unversed, the presence of the Chettis in Malacca is due to intermarriage between Indian traders and the locals since the Malacca Malay Sultanate (Hashim et. al, 2017). Their present settlement is in Kampung Gajah Behrang, Malacca. The Chettis assimilate and practice the local culture, including wearing the kebaya, cooking the Malay cuisines and strutting the local dances.
Tarian rongbang chetti functions as a measure to educate the youngsters to appreciate and nurture the chetti heritage. This dance is always staged at cultural events and public functions.
Men wear traditional coat-cut shirts with a high collar (Nehru collar). This shirt is matched with the kain pelikat (checked-patterned cotton sarung) tied a gombang style as won daily. Other fashion accessories are sashes hung on the shoulders and headgears, the Javanese songkok or blangkon Jawa.
While the lady dancers wear the short kebaya, either embroidered or plain. The kebaya can also be made from flowery fabric.
One of the Chetti notable figures in Malacca is S. Kanagalingam Pillay. Having extensive experience in the field of Chetti heritage, he is a Committee Member of Sri Poyatha Venayagar Moorthy Temple and Melaka Chetti Community
Reference Source
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Bahan
Bacaan
Hashim, S. N.
I., Ab Hamid, N., Rawi Nordin, N. R. M., & Fadzil, M. F. M. (2017,
November). Kelangsungan Budaya Masyarakat Chetti Melaka Era Globalisasi. In PROCEEDING
OF 2ND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC HERITAGE CONFERENCE (ISHEC2017) (p. 209).
Katalog Artis Budaya Kumpulan Kesenian Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian
Negara, Negeri Melaka. (2020).
ii.
Tokoh
S Kanagalingam Pillay. (2023). Ahli Jawatankuasa
Sri Poyatha Venayagar Moorthy Temple & Melaka Chetty Community. Temubual
pada 19 September 2023.
Location
State JKKN Contact Information
Nur Al-Farani binti Rosli
Cultural Officer
Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, Melaka
Kompleks JKKN Melaka
Hang Tuah Jaya, Lebuh Ayer Keroh,
75450 MELAKA
06 - 763 6308
