Gamad music is a style of music from West Sumatra, Indonesia. It developed in the 14th and 15th centuries from Malay, Indian, Portuguese, Minang (the predominant culture in West Sumatra) and Middle Eastern music traditions. Many gamad songs date back to the 15th century, at least the traditional ones, though more modern ones have been written recently as the 70’s and 80’s and even newer. Some famous singers and bands of Gamad music are Yan Juneid, Rosnida YS, Rustam Raschani, Lime Stone Band, Orkes Gamad Lina Runtuah, and various groups. More modern artists like Mandayu Gamad have revitalized it among the Minang youth for the full ensemble format.

Gamad bands usually consist of various Western instruments and Asian instruments, the Western instruments include accordion, guitar (acoustic or electric), keyboard, saxophone, bass (bass guitar or upright bass), drum kit, Gendang (a frame drum found in Minang and Malay culture), congas, bongos, cowbell, tambourine, and timbales or in modern times the electronic keyboard or various VSTs (mainly Nexus, Hypersonic, and similar ones). In Indonesia this is called ‘orgen tunggal’ (which is literally single organ) or ‘Electone’ (which is the trademark for electric organs made by Yamaha). Some songs may incorporate traditional Minang instruments like bansi, sarunai, and saluang which are woodwinds, and talempong which is a set of gong chimes.

There are 2 modern forms. The Gamad band using the full ensemble, which is often labeled ‘asli’ which means native. There also are variants like ‘Joget Gamad’, ‘Gamad Cha Cha’, ‘Gamad Rumba’, ‘Gamad Dangdut’, and ‘Gamad Remix’ which are usually made using a keyboard arranger or DAW and VSTs.

These are some audio examples

This is the more traditional, with Mandayu Gamad band

https://youtu.be/I0SkfZqajhU

https://youtu.be/1q6aN32DvyI

https://youtu.be/azgd0-Ren6w

This is the modern synthesized/electronic one

https://youtu.be/sv37iECt61I

https://youtu.be/5hLLzVR71pI

https://youtu.be/n9FQRexZ9G0

Alright folks, welcome back to the UPG of the Week! This week, meet the Orang Negeri Minangkabau of Malaysia. Now, I am not at all going to type that every time, so we will call these people Minang for short.

Region: Malaysia - Peninsular Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan

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Index Ranking (Urgency): 91

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Climate: The climate of West Malaysia, is generally hot and humid (tropical) with a mean temperature of about 26–30 degrees Celsius. Most of the rainfall is experienced during the inter-monsoon periods of April and October. The weather remains generally dry for the rest of the year with occasional showers.

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Terrain: Peninsular Malaysia, containing 40 per cent of Malaysia's land area, extends 740 km (460 mi) from north to south, and its maximum width is 322 km (200 mi). It is divided between its east and west coasts by the Titiwangsa Mountains, rising to a peak elevation of 2,183 metres (7,162 ft) at Mount Korbu, part of a series of mountain ranges running down the centre of the peninsula. These mountains are heavily forested, and mainly composed of granite and other igneous rocks. Much of it has been eroded, creating a karst landscape. The range is the origin of some of Peninsular Malaysia's river systems. The coastal plains surrounding the peninsula reach a maximum width of 50 kilometres (31 mi), and the peninsula's coastline is nearly 1,931 km (1,200 mi) long, although harbours are only available on the western side.

A view of the city of Seremban

Environmental Issues: The national statistics showed that the state of some of the Malaysian environment is rather stressful. Urban air quality, river water quality, deforestation, costal reclamation, and endangered species are just a few of the issues in Malaysia.

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Languages: Malaysia contains speakers of 137 living languages, 41 of which are found in Peninsula Malaysia.

Malay, Baba Malay, Batek, Chitty Malay, Cheq Wong, Duano’, Jah Hut, Jahai, Jakun, Jedek, Kedah Malay, Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kenaboi, Kensiu, Kintaq, Kristang, Lanoh, Mah Meri, Minriq, Mintil, Mos, Negeri Sembilan M

Hi there, u/CogitoButOnReddit. If you're reading this, I know you're busy making videos on Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Chinese folk religion and so on, but once you've finished making videos on these aforementioned topics, it would be great for you to make a video about the Minangkabau people (whose name is also shortened to Minang).

In case you don't know, the Minangkabau people can be found mostly in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, and are known for their matrilineal culture (in which property and family lineage are passed down from mother to daughter) and their traditional architecture, in which roofs are made to resemble the sharp and pointed horns of a buffalo. This is because the name Minangkabau means 'victorious buffalo'. These links below explain the origin of the name Minangkabau.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkabau_people#Etymology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkabau_(legend)

When I said that Minangkabau traditional architecture consists of roofs that are made to resemble the sharp and pointed horns of the buffalo, here are some links to prove my point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumah_Gadang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagaruyung_Palace

Some anthropologists refer to the Minangkabau culture and society as matriarchal, whereas others say it's strictly matrilineal and not matriarchal.

Here are some links to help you with your research on the Minangkabau people and their culture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkabau_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Minangkabau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minangkabau_businesspeople

https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/the-wanderers-of-nusantara/

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160916-worlds-largest-matrilineal-society

https://www.thedailybeast.com/indonesias-minangkabau-the-worlds-largest-matrilineal-society

https://theconversation.com/indonesias-minangkabau-culture-promotes-empowered-muslim-women-68077

http://www.worldette.com/make-a-difference/care/2012/minangkabau-matriarchal-society/

https://www.dw.com/en/women-on-top-in-sumatra/av-50183251

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padri_War

I really hope you will make a video on the Minangkabau people, since you may find their culture very interesting.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

And boy are my arms legs.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Hello, I have questions about the mythology of Southeast Asia. I say right away - the influence of Hinduism and Buddhism is not taken into account, it is the initial mythology that is interesting to me.

1. Classification What more or less large mythologies exist in Southeast Asia? I know there are many peoples there, but the mythology of some can be combined, and some cannot. Is my list correct? is there anything to add?

• Indonesian mythology
• Javanese mythology
• Malay mythology
• Balinese mythology
• Dayak mythology
• Batak mythology
• Torajan mythology
• Asmat mythology
• Sundanese mythology
• Minangkabau mythology
• Adat mythology
• Vietnamese mythology
• Philippine mythology
• Thai mythology
• Lao mythology
• Burmese mythology
• Boni mythology
• Afghan mythology

2)Many mythologies (except for the Philippine) have less than 15 gods, few creatures (and myths, and mythical realms, and cosmology...), and in general, these are some kind of small mythologies (without the influence of Hinduism, Buddhism). Am I just bad at finding anything, or is their mythology really so small in the original?

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

And now I’m cannelloni

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

Every year I do a reached people group around thanksgiving, to be thankful for the work our Lord has done through missionaries and pastors around the world. I wanted to do it last week but the weeks busyness got on top of me. Meet the Irish of Ireland. Yes, I do realize that today, European peoples are less and less Christian, however, they are reached and for a time were the dominant Christian peoples of our world. So today, we celebrate that the Gospel reached Ireland and took hold of the country.

Do not use this as a place to argue about Catholicism.

Region: Ireland

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Climate: The island's lush vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent rainfall, earns it the sobriquet the Emerald Isle. Overall, Ireland has a mild but changeable oceanic climate with few extremes. The climate is typically insular and temperate, avoiding the extremes in temperature of many other areas in the world at similar latitudes. This is a result of the moist winds which ordinarily prevail from the southwestern Atlantic.

Precipitation falls throughout the year but is light overall, particularly in the east. The west tends to be wetter on average and prone to Atlantic storms, especially in the late autumn and winter months. These occasionally bring destructive winds and higher total rainfall to these areas, as well as sometimes snow and hail. The regions of north County Galway and east County Mayo have the highest incidents of recorded lightning annually for the island, with lightning occurring approximately five to ten days per year in these areas. Munster, in the south, records the least snow whereas Ulster, in the north, records the most.

Inland areas are warmer in summer and colder in winter. Usually around 40 days of the year are below freezing 0 °C (32 °F) at inland weather stations, compared to 10 days at coastal stations. Ireland is sometimes affected by heatwaves, most recently in 1995, 2003, 2006, 2013 and 2018. In common with the rest of Europe, Ireland experienced unusually cold weather during the winter of 2010-11. Temperatures fell as low as −17.2 °C (1 °F) in County Mayo on 20 December and up to a metre (3 ft) of snow fell in mountainous areas.

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