Editing Kacapi (section)

==Recitation of pantun stories==
It is not certain how long the kacapi has been used to accompany the recitation of [[Pantun Sunda|pantun]] stories. In the [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] dictionary published by the Lembaga Basa & Sastra Sunda (1976) the primary meaning of the word [[Pantun Sunda|pantun]] is given as kacapi. This may be an indication that the relation between the kacapi and the recitation of [[Pantun Sunda|pantun]] stories is an old one. Eringa (1949:3) points to the proverb "''kawas pantun teu jeung kacap''i", 'like a pantun (traditional sung story telling) without a kacapi', used of someone who likes to give other people advice but who does not himself practise what he preaches. This proverb, according to Eringa, indicates that the kacapi is the Standard instrument for accompanying a [[Pantun Sunda|pantun]] recitation. The [[Baduy people|Baduy]] [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]] of [[Banten Province]] still make exclusive use of the kacapi to accompany their pantun stories.