Indonesia Lays Claim To Traditional Music Form

IN DISPUTE: The gamelan

FIRST it was the pendet folk dance, Rasa Sayang rendition and now gamelan is fast becoming another item on a long list of disputes between Malaysia and Indonesia.

Gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs, bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. The term usually refers to the set of instruments rather than to the players of those instruments.

The Jakarta Globe yesterday reported that Malaysia’s official website for cultural heritage, www.warisan.gov.my, had listed gamelan in its national heritage section, in third place after the boria and zapin
dances.

A music expert, Remy Sylado, said that the gamelan has its roots in the Javanese culture and dates back to the first Saka era (circa AD 230).

Source:

http://www.mmail.com.my/content/14376-now-they-want-gam elan

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Kebudayaan Dan Kesenian Dicipta Untuk Mengikat Tali Silaturahim Atau Punca Bermusuhan?

           Apa yang saya hendak katakan ialah Gamelan wujud sebelum wujudnya Malaysia, Indonesia, SIngapore, Brunei, Thailand wujud lagi. Maka gamelan bukan kepunyaan Malaysia, Indonesia, SIngapore, Brunei, Thailand atau mana mana negara yang ada hingga sekarang. 

          Kebudayaan seni warisan sepatutnya menjadi punca sesama melayu makin rapat. Ini kerana kebudayaan yang sama adalah bukti bahawa kita semua mempunya suatu ikatan dan berkaitan sesama sendiri disuatu masa dulu sebelum wujudnya negara sekarang. Jangan jadikan kebudayaan dan kesenian sebagai alasan untuk bermusuhan dan bunuh sesama sendiri kerana ini hanya akan membuka ruang bangsa asing mengambil kesempatan.

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