Gamelan From Java

Gamelan

Gamelan is one of Indonesia's culture is almost extinct by the time consumed. Gamelan is a cultural heritage that should be preserved by the youth at this time but instead nearly lost culture. Gamelan is identical to the art of Java. Gamelan usually display a variety of instruments such as metallophone, xylophones, drums and gongs, bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. Drum is also a very important instrument that led the band. Gamelan can be called with a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together - instruments from different gamelan are not interchangeable. Gamelan comes from the word gamel (Javanese), which means attacking or hammer. As for the suffix "an", which makes the root a collective noun. Arts gamelan usually played during the celebration. Both within marriage, Supitan, and Thanksgiving.

Picture of Gamelan (www.bournemouth-school.bournemouth.sch.uk)