Learning the Traditional Music Instrument of Indonesia

Aug. 18 LEARNING THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC INTRUMENT OF INDONESIA

It’s cultural visit day; my favorite day! This time, we went to Angklung saung Udjo. We watched the famous puppet of Indonesia named WAYANG GOLEK. The Wayang Golek puppet show is composed of puppets with different characteristics and facial expressions, Gamelan ensemble (the traditional music instruments) which serves as the background music for the puppet’s dramatic play, and of course, the puppet masters; Kudos to the puppet masters behind the entertaining puppet show! They were so professional in controlling the puppets.

Puppets

MASK DANCE (This was a bit shocking for us because we didn't expect that she would reveal a wayang mask, we thought that she was just covering her face with a hankerchief but when she threw the cloth and revealed the face of WAYANG, we were amazed.)

Then there was a group of kids who presented a song and each of them has an angklung (another traditional music instrument made from bamboo sticks) my favorite one.

Angklung

The place at first sight seemed boring but when it was us the audience who were engaged in the show, it was really a great experience. Each of us was given one angklung per person. Each angklungs have specific tone levels. Whenever the maestro shows the symbol of our angklung, we must shake the instrument to produce a sound. And the whole audience played the song can’t help falling in love by Elvis Presley. Plus the maestro let me sang the last part of the song. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE to be able to feel the tradition and culture of Indonesia.  AN UNFORGETTABLE ONE!

Gamelan ensemble

That's us. Ivy (wearing black. a Filipina), Me wearing dark blue, a filipina too, First (wearing white. A Thai), Marc (wearing sunglasses. a Filipino), and coffee (wearing eyeglasses. a Thai).