cak

Japanese: cak
cak

…A male chorus accompanied by physical performances found on the island of Bali in Indonesia. It is named after the meaningless sounds such as cha, chu, and chi that are used as material. It is sometimes called cak, an abbreviation of ke. 100 to 200 people are divided into five or six groups, each singing a different rhythm, and the overall sound is complex and powerful. One person controls the speed and strength by beating out a four-beat rhythm of surul-pun-pun-pun (an onomatopoeia for the gamelan gong), but there is no conductor. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cak" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インドネシアのバリ島に見られる身体演技を伴った男性合唱。チャッ,チュ,チなどの意味のない音を素材にしているところから,この名が付けられた。ケを略してチャッcakと呼ぶ場合もある。100~200人が五つ六つのグループに分かれてそれぞれ違ったリズムを唱え,全体としては複雑で迫力のある響きとなる。1人がシュルル・プン・プン・プン(ガムランのゴングの擬声語)と4拍子を刻んで速度や強弱を統制するが,指揮者はいない。…

※「cak」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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