Cape Malays / Kaap Se Klopse -
Minstrels, African Music, Traditional Cape, Folk
Music, Function Band and Party Band - Cape Town
The Cape Malays, some of whose ancestors came to
South Africa from Indonesia during the 17th and the
18th centuries, have developed a way of life which
is a unique mixture of East and West. While many of
their customs are determined, as with all Moslems,
by their religion, they gradually became westernised
through contact with the Dutch at the Cape.
Cape Malays / Kaap Se Klopse
One result of this was that the songs of the East
were replaced by those of Holland, to which they
added many of their own makings.
The songs fall under four groups - the traditional
wedding songs, Dutch folk songs of various kinds,
moppies (comic songs) and ghoemaliedjies (picnic
songs).
Cape Malays / Kaap Se Klopse
The instruments generally used are guitar, mandolin,
banjo, cello with, occasionally, violin and double
bass, and the ghoema (small Malay drum) for the
picnic ditties.
The folk song is an important feature of the Cape
Malay community and can be heard on many social
occasions, especially at weddings, where traditional
love songs are sung. These are the only songs in
which a trace of the East remains, with the soloist
singing in quarter tones and the choir joining in on
the European tonal scale.
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Cape Malays / Kaap Se Klopse -
Minstrels, African Music, Traditional Cape, Folk
Music, Function Band and Party Band - Cape Town
