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Based on Thye Wedding DanceAct 1

Scene 1:

Background: painted mountain backdropprops: water jar(gusi),firewoods( bund!es),kayabang,sangi,cup out of coconut she!!Background music:f!ute

"#ady p!aying f!ute(right part of the stage)(spot!ight on her) #umnay wi!! pass behind her$"#umnay (spot!ight wi!! fo!!ow her) is carrying the jar of water when she passed by %wiyaoresting$ #umnay shy!y spoke to %wiyao$

"&usic wi!! tone down$ Brighten the !ight(no co!or)

Lumnay: mayat ay agew mo' ou !ook tired$ Wou!d you !ike to drink some water(knee!s and

gi*e %wiyao water)

"%wiyao took the water and drank it$

Awiyao: Thank you for the water$ +t is sure!y refreshing$ (awkward!y ask)ow about you Doyou need some firewoods#umnay: +-m fine$ .an + get some of your firewoods then We needed it much$"%wiyao wi!! fi/ a bund!e of firewoods and set it to her basket$Awiyao: (whi!e bund!ing the firewoods) (whi!e !umnay wi!! carry the basket and about tto!ea*e)may + ask your name"!umnay wi!! turn back$

Lumnay:#umnay$ &y name is #umnay$ The daughter of #angcaoAwiyao: ou ca!! me %wiyao$(ga0ing at her eyes, #umnay smi!es shy!y)"They stared at each other$(free0e)

Music/Song Number:+tettem ta humgopakTete ehton nakakto!ak

%n na!po nidadawi1idadawi dawin bob!e+tettem (2/) ino

Background narration by %wiyao: .ou!d it be her The woman + waited a!! my !ifeBackground narration by #umnay: 3abunyan, +s he the man for me

Music/Song Number:+tettem ta humgopakTete ehton nakakto!ak

%n na!po nidadawi1idadawi dawin bob!e+tettem (2/) ino


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Awiyao:+t is a!most noon$ + must !ea*e so that + may return to the *i!!age before the nightfa!!s$ + do, howe*er, promise you, that + wi!! return$ %nd when + do, + sha!! throw my spear in thestair of your house$Lumnay:+ wi!! be waiting for your return, %wiyao$ + wi!! be waiting$"Both wi!! e/it, %wiyao wi!! go right and #umnay wi!! e/it !eft$4 steps !ast g!ace the e/it$#ight

goes off$Approx: 6 min

Scene 2:

5rops:6angsa,

"!ights off5rops man wi!! put the bonfire on the midd!e of the stage then turn the !ights(of the bonfireon)$"Dancers wi!! enter from both sides of the stage(4 dancers,2 gong p!ayers) must ha*esyncroni0e steps$"!ights on (red)"when the dancers shouts (music wi!! change to faster pace)%wiyao and #umnay wi!! comeout of the stage meeting at the midd!e and wi!! do the .ourt Dance$"&usic wi!! tone down but the dancing continues$"whi!e dancing they must stare at each others eye$

B1B#: + promise to !o*e you with a!! my !ife$B1B%: and + promise to be a good husband to you$ + !o*e you$

7*eryone e/its$ !ight goes offApprox: 5 min

Act 2

Scene 15rops: bonfire, cooking pots, mortar and pest!e&usic: nan !ayad nan!ikatan"interpretati*e dance"#umnay in the dark corner, %wiyao on spot!ight$

Awiyao: +8m sorry this had to be done$ + am rea!!y sorry$ But neither of us can he!p it$"pauseAwiyao: Why don-t you go out and join the dancing women"pauseAwiyao: ou shou!d join the dancers, as if9as if nothing happened$"e !ooked at the woman hudd!ed in a corner of the room$

%wiyao: 6o out9go out and dance$ +f you rea!!y don-t hate me for the separation, go out anddance$ ne of the men wi!! see you dance we!!, he wi!! !ike your dancing; he wi!! marry you$Who knows but that, with him, you wi!! be !uckier than you were with me

Lumnay: + don-t want any man$ + don-t want any other man$(s!ight mo*ement$


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"deep sighAwiyao: ou know *ery we!! that + don-t want any other woman, either$ ou know that, don-tyou #umnay, you know it, don-t you"si!enceAwiyao: ou know it, #umnay, don-t you"pause

Lumnay: es, + know$%wiyao: +t is not my fau!t$ ou cannot b!ame me; + ha*e been a good husband to you$"pauseLumnay: 1either can you b!ame me$

%wiyao: ou, you ha*e been *ery good to me$ ou ha*e been a good wife$ + ha*e nothing tosay against you$"e set some of the burning wood in p!ace$Awiyao: +t-s on!y that a man must ha*e a chi!d$ + came home because + did not find you among the dancers$ f course, +am not forcing you to come, if you don-t want to join my wedding ceremony$ + came to te!! youthat &adu!imay, a!though + am marrying her, can ne*er become as good as you are$


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"#umnay is sti!! p!aying with the mat$

Awiyao: This house is yours$ + bui!t it for you$ &ake it your own$ #i*e in it as !ong as you wish$+ wi!! bui!d another house for &adu!imay$"pause"#umany is in feta! position but sti!! seated whi!e %wiyao is knee!ing in front of her$

Lumnay: + ha*e no need for a house$ +-!! go to my own house$ &y parents are o!d$ They wi!!need he!p in the p!anting of the beans, in the pounding of the rice$Awiyao: + wi!! gi*e you the fie!d that + dug out of the mountain during the first year of ourmarriage$ ou know + did it for you$ ou he!ped me to make it for the two of us$Lumnay: + ha*e no use for any fie!d$"e !ooked at her, then stand and turned away and became si!ent$ They were si!ent for a !ongtime$(?@ seconds)


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from the !ife of our tribe$

Sound:gong (4 sec)

Lumnay: +-!! keep my beads$ %wiyao, !et me keep my beads$Awiyao: ou wi!! keep the beads$ They come from farAoff times$ &y grandmother said they

came from way up 1orth, from the s!antAeyed peop!e across the sea$ ou keep them,#umnay$ They are worth twenty fie!ds$Lumnay: +-!! keep them because they stand for the !o*e you ha*e for me$+ !o*e you$ + !o*e youand ha*e nothing to gi*e$

"!ights on

"dancers and singers wi!! enter from the !eft part of the stage$ They wi!! sing ay ay sa!idummayin a me!!ow way (circ!es the coup!e) wi!! they c!ean up the stage on the second round$ %wiyaoand #umnay wi!! e/it gracefu!!y whi!e the !ight dims$

Act 3

Scene 1

"gong sounds"enters &adu!imay from the right (shouting)(downstage)&adu!imay: %wiyao' %wiyao' %wiyao' They are !ooking for you at the dance'w!i"e Madu"imay is "oo#ing $or Awiyao bac#ground narration by Awiyao and Lumnay:Awiyao: + am not in a hurry$Lumnay: The e!ders wi!! sco!d you$ ou had better go$Awiyao: 1ot unti! you te!! me that it is a!! right with you$Lumnay: +t is a!! right with me$Awiyao: + do this for the sake of the tribe$Lumnay: + knowLumnay: %wiyao'

"%wiyao comes out from the !eft$+t wi!! be on the down stageMadu"imay:%wiyao' Where ha*e you been The e!ders ha*e been asking for your presence$Awiyao:&adu!imay, forgi*e me$ + just went to ta!k to someone$Madu"imay:+ knew it, you went to see !umnay don8t youAwiyao:+ just went to bid her goodbye$Madu"imay: +s she going back to her father(soft)Awiyao: + don8t know$Madu"imay:ow was your ta!k with #umnay Were you ab!e to sort out your fee!ings(concern)Awiyao:+ !o*e #umnay and #umnay !o*es me$ That is for sure$ +f we do not succeed inbearing a chi!d, + sha!! return to her and die with her$Madu"imay: how about me + !o*e Bangan but +8m forced to marry you$ Why do we ha*e tofo!!ow the e!ders Why can8t + be happy as anyone e!seAwiyao: +8m sorry &adu!imay$ ne thing that + can promise you, gi*e me a son and + wi!!promise to be with you and !o*e you more that how Bangan cares for you$"&adu!imay smi!es then enters the dancers$ Both wi!! join the dance$&usic: gangsa( court dance)


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"Dancers circ!es them then e/it$

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