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Which traditional competitive group singing form, originating from Kelantan, features a lead singer (tukang karut) improvising rhyming verses over a seated chorus of young men responding in call-and-response style?

Dikir barat is performed with rebana drums and a gong; the witty, often satirical lyrics in the Kelantanese dialect are improvised by the lead singer, turning each performance into a verbal contest.

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