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Tracy Wong
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Jong Jong Inai (2-part)
A catchy Malay folk song about everyday life, a maiden, and a little accident!
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Jong Jong Inai
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Jong Jong Inai
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Jong Jong Inai
2-part treble & body percussion
Download includes audio pronunciation track.
Composer’s Notes
Jong Jong Inai is a Malay folk song about everyday life, with its origins from the state of Terengganu on East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Many communities in this state live by the sea and one would see children playing on the beaches. This Malay folk song is usually sung by children, passed down by their elders, while playing a game of tag. It is a hybrid story of nature, food, and a maiden’s incident. There are variations on the original meaning of this folk song, and this is one of them:
The song tells a story of a maiden, Mak Ipong (a maiden from the Rajawali village), who accidentally stubbed her big toe on the stump of the inai plant while bringing food to the Sultan.
This 2-part treble version was commissioned by United Lithuanian Children’s Choir 2021.
-Tracy Wong
Text
Jong jong inai
Mak Ipong Rajawali
Sepak tunggul inai
berdarah ibu kaki
Semangkuk jeluk, sepinggan dadar
Tak cukup pulut, tambah nasi dagang
-Malay folk song
Translation:
Sailboat (and) local plant
Mak Ipong of Rajawali village
Stub (her big toe) on the inai stump
big toe bleeds
A deep bowl, a flat plate
Not enough glutinous rice, (then) add dagang rice
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