Uncovering the origins of the Hari Raya songbook
Music lovers are digging deeper into the early history of Hari Raya songs, but festive songbook documentation remains limited
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Music lovers are digging deeper into the early history of Hari Raya songs, but festive songbook documentation remains limited
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IT WAS daybreak. The ship had touched the wharf. I was dressed up and ready to land, anxiously waiting to see what sort of land I was going to, and with what sort of people I had to intermingle – a strange land and a strange people, I thought. The passports were checked and passengers allowed to land. To my pleasant surprise there were two known faces awaiting my arrival to receive me in this new place. The two known were, Mr.T.V.Durai, the office Superintendent at that time designated as Chief Draughtsman, chief of the whole Drawing Office next to Surveyor General, and...