"Kembang Melati"
Band T-Groep 75
This record is made in Suriname not just for the Javanese Community but also for other groups there, kind of multicultural performance.
I found it in a second hand record shop in Amsterdam approx. in 2012 .
"Kembang Melati" - Melati flower - It is sung in Javanese.
"Kota Ambon" - Ambon town - I can understand a number of Javanese songs are on this record, as a Suriname is inhabited by Javanese, who immigrated to this country long ago. But this song is from the Molucca's, wonder how it gets there. Nevertheless it is a sweet song, partly, at teh end vocalized in Dutch language.
"Ojo Ngalarake Ati" A typical Javanese song.
"Wang Oema Fieri" It is sung a the Sranan language, formerly Negro-English or Takki-Takki. When Holland was on decline as a world power they traded New York and the settlements along the Hudson river for a swampy, heavily forested piece of land, now called Suriname, which was before under British rule. Nowadays half of the Surinam population lives in Holland.
"Mie Swieti Lobi" - My sweet love" , also sung in Sranan.
"Bengawan Solo" - The river near Solo - a well known song.
"Tante Lientje" - Aunt Lientje - another song in Sranan.
"Potong Padi" - Rice harvest - it is executed partly in Dutch.
"Abote Djandjie" In Javanese
"Lali Marang Sing Kapungkur" also from Java.
In total 4 languages can be heard on this record. Javanese, "Maleis" Dutch and Sranan
Kembang Melati
Kota Ambon
Ojo Nglarake Ati
Wang Oema Fieri
Mie Swieti Lobi
Bengawan Solo
Tante Lientje
Waktu Potong Padi
Abote Janji
Lali Marang Sing Kepungkur
