Celebrating Our Traditional Music
Despite the nation’s rich history of traditional arts and music, much of the archipelago’s ethnic music has been forgotten.
March 26, 2018
Despite the nation’s rich history of traditional arts and music, much of the archipelago’s ethnic music has been forgotten. Now, youths are striving to revive and preserve their regions’ traditional music. Talago Buni in Padang, West Sumatra, for example, performs ‘world music’ using traditional musical instruments from their region of Minangkabau. Likewise, Osamuethnic, a music group from Central Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, makes use of
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