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A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia , typically from the islands of Bali or Java , featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones , xylophones , drums and gongs ; bamboo flutes , bowed and plucked strings . Vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together — instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable. The word gamelan comes from the Javanese word gamels , meaning "to strike or hammer", and the suffix an , which makes the root a collective noun. History of gamelan music The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and instead represents a native art form. The instruments developed into their current form during the Majapahit Empire . In contrast to the heavy Indian influence in other art forms, the only obvious

Rencong is one of the Acehnese traditional weapons other than guns and firearms. Perhaps, at the time of the ancient kingdom of Aceh in every man who was growing up, must have sepucuk rencong to protect themselves. Rencong have meaning religious philosophy and the Islamic, Arab-shaped handles are taken from the equivalent word Bismillah. Matching words can be seen in a curved handle and then thicken at the elbow. The handle-shaped rencong Ba, the handle grip is a script where Sin, which taper downward in the base metal near the handle is a script Mim, base metal taper near the handle that resembles a lane-lane iron from the base of the handle until near the end symbolizes the characters Lam, section under the glove has the form of letters Ha, so that the whole letter "Ba, Sin, Mim, Lam, Ha", the composition of letters that read, form a sentence Bismillah is a symbol that shows the characteristics of the Acehnese people who really hold fast to the glory of Islam. Th

Betawi people are generally familiar with some kinds of clothing . But the prevalent custom clothing worn is a closed head ( headband ) with a closed neck shirt jacket ( jacket cover ) used as a trouser suits Completing this Betawi man custom clothing , a piece of batik cloth circled at the waist and a dagger tucked in front of the abdomen . The women usually wear kebaya , a long scarf cowl yamg and batik cloth . At the wedding dress , seen the results of the process of assimilation of different ethnic groups forming darts Betawi society . Used clothing groom , which consists of : turbans , long robes and pants heavily influenced by Arab culture . While at the bride's clothes that use syangko ( front cover ) , shirt and long skirt encim model shows the influence of Chinese culture is unique , sandals ( footwear ) worn by brides of men and women are influenced by Arab cultur

Ampar ampar pisang Pisangku balum masak Masak sabigi dihurung bari-bari Masak sabigi dihurung bari-bari Mangga lepak mangga lepok Patah kayu bengkok Bengkok dimakan api apinya canculupan Patah kayu bengkok Bengkok dimakan api apinya canculupan Jari kaki sintak dahuluakan masak Ampar ampar pisang Pisangku balum masak Masak sabigi dihurung bari-bari Masak sabigi dihurung bari-bari Mangga ricak mangga ricak Patah kayu bengkok Tanduk sapi tanduk sapi kulibir bawang Nang mana batis kutung dikitip bidawang --- Note : Indonesian old traditional song Free public song & non commercial copyrighted song lyric Actually this song is just a play on words in the language of Banjar , usually used for a children's game by tapping the foot while reading Sair . If it can be listened to mean the following . stacking - stacking banana not yet ripe banana cooked grain ( a ) , filled with fruit fly * manggalepak , manggalepok ( sound branches / timber is br

If a walk to the area of Yogyakarta, then you can still find in some areas, Javanese traditional house called Joglo. A rectangular-shaped houses made of wood, with some special engravings on some parts. A house can reflect its owner and the owner's social status in society. Similarly, the meaning contained in the Javanese traditional house. Nobility-Owned Antiquity, home Joglo only owned by the nobility or the rich alone. This is because the building materials needed to make a Joglo not few and cheap. Form a high roof made of teak or other expensive types of wood, making impossible the common people have the cost to build it. In addition, treatment for the condition of the home remains strong durable and also not cheap. That's the reason why the house Joglo usually only owned by the nobility and people are alone. Building Forms Although currently many different types of Joglo derived from the original form of this Javanese traditional house, but the original form is the same.

Kujang is a unique weapon of the West Java area. Kujang began to be made around the 8th century or # 9, made of iron, steel and prestige material, length approximately 20 to 25 cm and weighs about 300 grams. Kujang, weapons Sunda Replication cleaver in Bogor city monuments Kujang is a tool that reflects the critical acumen and power in life also symbolizes strength and courage to protect the rights and truth. Is characteristic, both as weapons, farm tools, symbol, decoration, or souvenirs. In ancient times this tool is only used by certain groups of the kings, King anom, class pangiwa, panengen, clerical group, the princess and certain women's groups, and the kokolot. DESCRIPTION In Discourse and Culture Khasanah Nusantara, Kujang society is recognized as a traditional weapon of West Java (Sunda) and Kujang known as a weapon that has a sacred value and to have magical powers. Some researchers claim that the term comes from the word Kujang Kudihyang with root words and Hy