Anklung is the multitone music instrument which conventionally develops in sunda society (sunda is the name of a race in the west of Java Indonesia). This instrument is made from bamboo, it is played by shaking its body (the sound is because of the impact of the bamboo) so it produces tone which vibrates in the composition of 2, 3 until 4 tones every size of angklung whether it is big or small. Angklung has been registered as karya agung warisan budaya lisan ( A great inheritance creation of Indonesian culture) from UNESCO since November 2010.
The History of Angklung.
Angklung is the music instrument derives from the west of Java Island, Indonesia. Angklung is made to attract Dewi Sri (The Agriculture Goddess of Java society) to come down to the earth so the Java agriculture will grow thrived.
Angklung known by sunda society since the Sunda Kingdom. The function of angklung which is to raise up the spirit of sunda people still felt until the Netherlands colonization. It is why the government of Netherlands ever forbid sunda people play angklung. It made the popularity of angklung go down at that time.
The history of bamboo instrument, such as angklung, is based on life perspective of the sunda society which is agrarian. The contemplation of the sunda society in cultivating the land made a poem and song in giving honor to Dewi Sri.
After that, the song appreciated to Dewi Sri is sung by music instrument that is made from bamboo. Finally many Indonesian people know that instrument and name it as angklung.
In its development, angling spread to all of the Java Island. Then it also spread to Borneo and Sumatra. In 1908 angklung spread to Thailand by some culture mission events. Then this bamboo instrument spread in that country also.
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