A Set of Red Javanese Gamelan
This red Javanese gamelan positioned at the lobby of the resort where we stayed during our last
trip. Captured in the night, perhaps the picture isn’t clear enough to see. Nowadays,
gamelan is still common to play in formal occasions and it’s an integral part
in many traditional Indonesian ceremonies.
Based on Wikipedia,
gamelan is a generic term for traditional musical ensembles of Java and Bali
which comprises mostly of percussive instruments. The most general instruments
are metallophones played by hammers also a set of hand played drums called
kendhang. Other instruments include xylophones, bamboo flutes, bowed instrument
named rebab, and even vocalist called sindhen.
2 komentar:
Wow. It is actaully all separate instruments that combine as a gamelan? An impressive display.
Very interesting, wished I could hear it play !
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