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All-girl, hijab-wearing band Voice of Baceprot (VOB). – Instagram/VOB

JAKARTA: When the all-girl, hijab-wearing band Voice of Baceprot (VOB) played the Glastonbury Music Festival in the United Kingdom in June, it was not the first time for Indonesia to be represented musically on the global stage.

VOB is the latest in a long line of local artists, bands and musicians who have broken the barriers of language, genre and ever-changing trends to make it big in an international forum.

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