Iban Pop Song: Identity, Unity, and Belonging
Popular music has been known to convey a sense of togetherness and affiliation among diverse populations in multiethnic and multicultural nations. Malaysia is a unique case where local mainstream popular music has expressed a collective sense of unity and belonging among its multiethnic citizen...
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my.unimas.ir.385232023-10-11T02:02:26Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38523/ Iban Pop Song: Identity, Unity, and Belonging Patrose, Abell Musi Chee, Bong Nur Afiqah, Mohamad Sa’id Noor Athirah, Zaini Nur Fatin Liyana, Ghazali Collin, Jerome H Social Sciences (General) HT Communities. Classes. Races Popular music has been known to convey a sense of togetherness and affiliation among diverse populations in multiethnic and multicultural nations. Malaysia is a unique case where local mainstream popular music has expressed a collective sense of unity and belonging among its multiethnic citizens and communities. Although numerous studies have examined this phenomenon, very little research has been conducted about the role of local indigenous popular music in communicating a sense of connectedness and inclusion among Malaysians from diverse backgrounds. The study presented in this paper set out to examine this by focusing on the role that Iban pop songs played for that reason. Through a public perception survey, the study gathered the views of 82 respondents from the Southern, Central and Northern regions of Sarawak on the famous Iban pop song, Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis by Andrewson Ngalai in terms of how it helped create ideas about unity and belonging among Sarawakians. The findings revealed that the participants asserted that Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis instils pride because it is synonymous with various occasions. The results also showed that the Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis song made the Sarawakian proud of their origin. The study has implications for future research as it highlights the necessity of acknowledging that the popular musical genre of the indigenous community can bring people together and feel closer to their home country Secholian Publication PLT 2022-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38523/1/Iban%20pop%20song1.pdf Patrose, Abell Musi and Chee, Bong and Nur Afiqah, Mohamad Sa’id and Noor Athirah, Zaini and Nur Fatin Liyana, Ghazali and Collin, Jerome (2022) Iban Pop Song: Identity, Unity, and Belonging. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 7 (4). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2504-8562 https://www.msocialsciences.com/index.php/mjssh/forthcoming2 https://doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v7i4.1461 |
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Popular music has been known to convey a sense of
togetherness and affiliation among diverse populations in
multiethnic and multicultural nations. Malaysia is a unique
case where local mainstream popular music has expressed a
collective sense of unity and belonging among its multiethnic
citizens and communities. Although numerous studies have
examined this phenomenon, very little research has been
conducted about the role of local indigenous popular music
in communicating a sense of connectedness and inclusion
among Malaysians from diverse backgrounds. The study
presented in this paper set out to examine this by focusing
on the role that Iban pop songs played for that reason.
Through a public perception survey, the study gathered the
views of 82 respondents from the Southern, Central and
Northern regions of Sarawak on the famous Iban pop song,
Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis by Andrewson Ngalai in terms of how
it helped create ideas about unity and belonging among
Sarawakians. The findings revealed that the participants
asserted that Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis instils pride because it is synonymous with various occasions. The results also
showed that the Biar Bekikis Bulu Betis song made the
Sarawakian proud of their origin. The study has implications
for future research as it highlights the necessity of
acknowledging that the popular musical genre of the
indigenous community can bring people together and feel
closer to their home country |
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Iban Pop Song: Identity, Unity, and Belonging |
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