angklung
What a nice weekend I had.
I went to Chiba, a city in a prefecture northern Tokyo, to watch an angklung team in Chiba having a rehearsal. Amazing, that the motors of this angklung team are Japanese people --who indeed seem to love Indonesia very much: ability in speaking Bahasa Indonesia, good knowledge about Indonesian culture, and Indonesian sytle interior in the team president's house! Thanks to Teh Nina, who introduced me to Ibu Kawanami :)
I felt very welcomed.
By their generousity, and also by a sudden request from the conductor to teach them how to vibrate the angklung ;) and she kept asking my comment after each song!
Well, once again, never imagined that I myself did such things! :d
It was really fun to get into such community and I was very pleased also knowing that there are foreigners who love our angklung that much! (Go my friends in KPA3, expand the sound of angklung more, -of course after paying our debt :p )
Click here to see Angklung chiba performances last concert.
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Music is a universal language. We may not communicate by the same language to people next to us, but music can be such a bridge. See here, when international students in Titech shared themselves through the music in last autumn welcoming party. So, when words fail to explain your self, why don't you try to use the music? ;) --a bunch of thanks to my Indonesian fellows in Titech.
My life walked in really slow pace lately. I need great driving force to finish my internship report -still writing till now, but blogging is much easier :p My gabor is still stuck, I need to debug it -but it seems that other stuffs are more interesting to do, such as trying aikido which finally hurts me :d
Meanwhile, it seems that earthquake starts to occur everywhere. In Indonesia: 9-Richter scale in Aceh, 8-Richter scale in Nias, also 5-Richter scale Bandung. and here in Japan: 7-Richter scale a month ago in Fukuoka, and 6-Richter scale near Tokyo -that once again became my effective alarm in the morning. And other countless natural disasters. May Allah always protect us.
* Pic added after a performance in summer.
Labels: japan, YSEP journey
posted by fuzzydesi @ 6:45:00 AM
2 Comments:
des, u must have been happy. how the angklung (that u just performed in europe a year ago with a very hard work) become well-known and even made an organization by the japanese (Ibu kawanami)...
gw sendiri aj seneng...jd lebih bangga dengan kesenian kita yang bisa disenangi jg oleh orang luar..
and most of all for the indonesians who introduced our music to foreigners (including u my beloved friend!).
i agree how music can describe who we are..and what we are trying to say..that can be understand by many people (universal)...
that is why it can be a communication for all of the people in the world...happy and bad messages..
for example in Indonesia, our musicians make songs to tell the people of indonesia in different islands...culture.. that describe about the suffering people in aceh and nias..
and also to tell the suffering people that they are not alone..(reminds me of michael jackson's song)..that they aren't suffer alone..we all of indonesian suffered too..so that we should pray and make things right together..
such a beautiful songs..
well...it reminds us how we should be very grateful for everything we have..and try to make the world a better place...in anyhow..in their own different ways...
he..sorry..this is a lot of comment..but i hope i may opened our eyes..how Allah is very mighty and we are created for a reason...help each other to make a save journey in the world to make a good life in afterlife (akhirat)!
so..keep the spirit everybody!
do what u can do..with the best that u can do...
of course..prayers and efforts is needed...
(ya kan des...no pain no gain!)
btw..all of this..it's like coming from me..but also it seems for me too...(words are easy to say..but the application of it is not easy!)
and yup, may Allah always be with us!
des..take care..
love,
-sita-
NB: semangat ya ngerjain lap KP-nya! kl emang lg stuck, just take a rest for a while. he...inget don't quit? insya Allah kl ke rumahmu, gw catet deh yg di kamar lu..
After these long days without meeting you here, I really feel glad to see what you got. This is how God works in His mysterious way. For years, you left the world that introduce you to this musical instrument. Then, God called you again to come and became a big part of it and also my life. Days went so fast, all His creation of miracle always be with us. Until now, we have a new world, new friends and of course a new family;) full of love and spirit..
Now, you go away searching your future step with angklung as one of your identity. And make people appreciate you more..as one of the hero of angklung..hehehe...
Ps: Jaiyo ya buat semua laporannya ituh..hehehe...
Utk teh sita, waaaah!! senangnya ngeliat org yg bisa bangga ama kesenian kita sendiri..sebagai teman seperjuangan teh desi,saya seneng bgt baca comment teteh..akhirnya ada org yg bisa ngebuat kita bangga ama kerja keras kita, ya gak ta?;)hehehe...thank you much!!;p
Let the music always live...
Wita
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