Jali-Jali from Kazakhstan
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
A Kazakh orchestra played Betawi music and other Indonesian songs in Jakarta.
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The rhythms of Jali-Jali, a Betawi song, filled the Teater Besar at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta. Moments later, a female vocalist took up the tune. But that night, it was not a traditional gambang kromong (traditional orchestra of Betawi people) ensemble making music, but rather an orchestra from Kazakhstan. Jali-Jali drifted through the hall accompanied by instruments from the country that was once part of the Soviet Union. The
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