repa / repana / dab (English: “tambourines (small, large, and thin-wood types)”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Repa = small tambourine played with one hand.
Translation
tambourines (small, large, and thin-wood types)
Description
Repa = small tambourine played with one hand. Repana = large tambourine played with both hands. Dab = small thin-wood tambourine. Acehnese also use copper slagbekkens (imported).
Significance
The term repa / repana / dab is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 151.