Ramayana Monkey Chant (video)

Here is actual footage of the last WFMU staff meeting, or the Ramayana Monkey Chant from the 1992 documentary Baraka, as you prefer:

[download video, 11 megs, mpeg format].

This particular Ketjak is something to look at, but it's quite tame sonically, as monkey chants go. For a more rousing audio rendition of this dramatic reenactment of the battle between King Rama and the evil Lord Ravana, check out ubuweb's Ketjak page here. via peremeny

Comments

[Carl]

Little factoid, the Ketjak, which appears to be a traditional ritual, was invented in the 30s to cater to the tastes of Western tourists at the time.

[Lipwak]

I too have always loved Kotjak, one of many spellings of it, and first saw a version of it in the 80s. I have it on tape, digitized it tonight and have uploaded it to my Yahoo Briefcase here: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/lipwak (in the FMU files section, Kotjak.mov, 4.9mb Quicktime, 4:34)

Cheers,

Lipwak

[martin n]

telly or ving? there's really only one Kojack and thats......err, oops.....

[poesboes]

As i understand it Ketjak was even 'invented' by a German choreographer.
I saw it performed live on Bali, Indonesia. It was impressive.

[Robert J. Pellegrine Ed.D.]

I read about "monkey chants" at soccer matches. I have no idea what these are. Can you sort of tell me