Preserving the angklung in modern-day Bandung


A single note angklung. — Crisco 1492/Wikimedia Commons

Have you ever heard the clinking and clanking of bamboo musical instruments, tuned and played so harmoniously that it becomes melodious?

Meet the angklung, a traditional instrument said to originate from West Java in Indonesia. The angklung is also played in Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and even Singapore, though not all countries play the exact same instrument.

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