National Music Day: Is it Necessary?
March 18, 2003
Suka Hardjana INDONESIANS love ceremonies. No days go by without rituals at home, in villages, and in cities in government and state ceremoniesfor all sorts of purposes, from simple praying for God's protection to elaborate rituals for political powermanifested in many forms, from ritual cutting of a newborn baby's hair to ritual cutting of ribbons on the opening of a developm
Music observer, lecturer, and former conductor.