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Residents of Badak and Bantarjati decided a local flavor was needed at their first-ever mayoral elections on in Bogor, West Java, on Saturday. The traditional touches of degung and reog dog-dog could ...

The World of Music, Vol. 38, No. 2, Historical Performance Practices Across the Pacific (1996), pp. 23-40 (18 pages) Even a casual observer of modern Sundanese dance is struck by the close ...

I don't know what I'm talking about here. No, hold your sarcasm: I really don't, and it's not my fault. A somewhat opaque press release led me to expect that a small gamelan orchestra would back ...

Bates College presents a concert of Indonesian music featuring student musicians and a singer who is one of the Pacific nation’s leading classical recording artists at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 17, in ...

Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Vol. 175, No. 2/3, Special Section: Indonesia and Its Others: Inclusion, Exclusion and Inter-Cultural Engagements (2019), pp. 284-308 (25 pages) Through ...

The rhythms of West Java came alive in Penang as Artisans International Penang (AIP) and Komunitas Pencinta Budaya Indonesia (Community of Indonesian Culture Lovers) hosted a vibrant cultural charity ...

The Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan is made up of eight white Canadian guys, yet their music resonates with the sounds of Indonesia. Sitting cross-legged before their shiny instruments, mallets in ...

British Balkan group 3 Mustaphas 3 were a wonderfully surreal and talented outfit who helped open up the world fusion scene in the late 1980s. Since their demise all the members have found other areas ...