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Saron

NMM 9899. Sarong Demung in Laras Slendro. Largest member of saron group. Metallophone with seven large bronze bars placed over teakwood frame. Keys held in place by two pins inserted through holes in the bar and embedded in the frame. Decorated with flower and leaf pattern covered in gold leaf. Length: 114.6 cm. Mallet (tabuh) with long handle and large, oval-shaped wooden striker.Function:  The saron instruments play the basic or skeletal...

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Kendang

Gamelan gong music of Bali and Java is familiar to many listeners. The kendang is the drum which accompanies the gong orchestra. Different versions of the kundang are found in each Indonesian island. This drum is barrel shaped with the right hand skin slightly larger than the left. Each skin can create two fundamental tones with the right being a deep bass that is sometimes hit with a mallet during climactic scenes in the drama they accompany. The...

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Parang

Parang was once used exclusively by the royal courts of Central Java. It has several suggested meanings such as 'rugged rock', 'knife pattern' or 'broken blade'. The Parang design consists of slanting rows of thick knife-like segments running in parallel diagonal bands. Parang usually alternated with narrower bands in a darker contrasting color. These darker bands contain another design element, a line...

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Ceplok

Ceplok is a general name for a whole series of geometric designs based on squares, rhombs, circles, stars, etc. Although fundamentally geometric, ceplok can also represent abstractions and stylization of flowers, buds, seeds and even animals. Variations in color intensity can create illusions of depth and the overall effect is not unlike medallion patterns seen on Turkish tribal rugs. The Indonesian population...

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Kawung

Kawung is another very old design consisting of intersecting circles, known in Java since at least the thirteenth century. This design has appeared carved into the walls of many temples throughout Java such as Prambanan near Jogjakarta and Kediri in East Java. For many years, this pattern was reserved for the royal court of the Sultan of Jogjakarta. The circles are sometimes embellished inside with two...

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Candi Borobudur

Borobudur is the biggest Buddhist temple in Indonesia located in Muntilan District, Regency of Magelang, Central Java Province. It is the beautiful and glorious temple which was built in seventh century during the Dynasty of Syailendra. Borobudur temple had attracted since seventeenth century as mentioned in Babad Tanah Jawi. Sir Stanford Raffles (1811-1816) interested stone building of Budur village, and to appoint H.C. Cornelius to clean this building...

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Candi Prambanan

Prambanan temple is a great building based on Hindu religion familiarly with Bandung Bondowoso story, located in border of Special District of Yogyakarta, and Central Java Province. The temple constructed in 856 A.D., known as monument of Siva the most beautiful and biggest temple in Indonesia, built in the era of Rakai Pikatan in 846-855 A.D. Mr. C.A. Lons was interested in that temple. In 1733 the condition of the temple was covered by land...

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Candi Pawon

Terletak kurang lebih 2 km dari Borobudur, candi ini sebenarnya gerbang pintu masuk ke kompleks Borobudur. Candi Pawon dibangun sekitar tahun 800 M diatas pondasi dari bangunan yang lebih tua lagi.Candi Pawon adalah nama sebuah candi. Candi Pawon dipugar tahun 1903. Nama Candi Pawon tidak dapat diketahui secara pasti asal-usulnya. J.G. de Casparis menafsirkan bahwa Pawon berasal dari bahasa Jawa Awu yang berarti abu, mendapat awalan pa dan akhiran...

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Puppet People / wayang orang

Indonesian arts may not be very popular and liked in his own country. However, it does not mean the Indonesian arts unpopular abroad. Wayang art played by the group of Indonesian Wayang Heritage gets rousing welcome at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, and is scheduled to play in a number of countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Cultural observer, Jaya Suprana after accompanying some members of the Indonesian Wayang Heritage group met with...

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