Gong

Gong is a kind of musical instrument 'idiophone' from South Asia and Southeast Asia . Gong has been around since the Bronze Age of Greece. Gong also played to accompany the game puppets in Indonesia . Gong is an important tool that serves as the backbone of sound in music essemble gamelan .

Gong consists of various sizes to produce different sounds of each of them and played with the rhythm of the song. Most times, one or two drums were played simultaneously to vary the rhythm of the music is more unique. Gong has been found in the peninsula of Indochina and island archipelago ebagai main tool in a special ceremony and traditional music.

This device guarantees high quality because of the way penbuatannya is difficult and requires a relatively high cost. This tool is imported from Indonesia , especially Java . Local Gong has a 'shallow rims' and' small boss. The melody is generated to signal the beginning and end of a song.

During the reign of the kingdoms Nusantara ago, a small gong or a cymbal will dikandar by messenger to the king of the village will get around to spread the word. Gong will seriously to gather the villagers and the king will be read by a messenger of the king.

Kompang .

Kompang is a traditional musical instrument for the people of the most popular Malay . It belongs to the group of musical drum . The skin is usually made of leather kompang goats .

Typically, the piece of cane is inserted between the skin and the back of a wooden frame aimed at stressful kompang surface, seeks to strengthen the sound of kompang. Now, plastic loops were used.

This musical instrument is derived from the world of Arabic and is believed to be brought into Malaya during the time whether the Melaka Sultanate by Indian Muslim traders, or through Java in the 13th century by merchants Arab .

Kompang usually measuring sixteen inches in diameter and covered with a piece of skin on the surface. It has a shallow openings and played with one hand while holding the beat with one hand to another.


How is the slap hammer kompang kompang skin with the fingers or palms of the hands the rhythm. Kompang usually played during parades, feasts and other traditional ceremonies.

Different sounds produced by varying the way of opening hands. A 'bum' is obtained with a pat on the side and palms kompang dikuncup / meetings. A 'pack' is obtained with a pat on the middle finger kompang with open arms.

Kompang scourge is divided into two parts, a scourge of traditional and modern scourge or creative. Tradition is the scourge of the scourge which struck kompang while singing or poetry in the Arabic version or the classic Malay bahsa. While the modern scourge of the scourge which is infused with movement or dance. In Sabah, kompang competition held to regain the Malay art that is almost extinct.

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Barong Dance

This is basically a story about the struggle between good and evil. Good is personified by the Barong Keket, a strange, fun-loving creature in the shape of a shaggy semi-lion. Evil is represented by Rangda, a witch. Ultimately, the two characters engage in battle, at which point the Barong's Keris-bearing followers rush in to attack Rangda. The which, however, uses her magical powers to turn the Keris knives in upon their owners, who fall into a trance and start trying to stab themselves. The Barong uses magic to protect his followers from the knives. In the end, the Barong triumphs and Rangda retreats to recuperate her strength for the next encounter.
All that remains is for a priest to help the keris dancers out of their trance, with the help of a little holy water. The Barong and Rangda dance is very powerful performance and is not taken lightly by those involved.

Topeng Dance

The topeng dance was at first a court-dance. The topeng dance or wayang topeng (masked dance-drama) which had appeared in Java in the period of the Kediri kingdom in the l2th century was still very popular in the period of the Mataram kingdom. After the division of Mataram into the kingdoms of Surakarta and Yogyakarta however, the topeng dance called wayang topeng changed its place ot cultivation from the court to the common people. Since the second half of the 18th century, the wayang topeng has become a dance-drama of the common people in Central Java.

The wayang topeng developing among the common people is not of as high level as the one developing in court-circles. Before the period of independence the wayang topeng developing among the common people, usually performed by wayang puppeteers, became a commercialized dance-drama, the dancers earning their daily bread by performing on the streets, in the markets and other public places.

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