The last angklung maker


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  • Thursday, 14 Feb 2019

Tumian at his home in Kampung Sepakat Baru in Johor Baru, says as long as he was healthy, he would continue making and playing the angklung, which is made entirely from bamboo. — ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG/The Star

TUMIAN Muridan may well be the last angklung maker in the country, but he is determined the traditional musical instrument will continue to last long after he is gone.

The 63-year-old craftsman from Johor Baru said the art of making and playing angklung appears to have a very bleak future since the younger generation has no interested in acquiring knowledge about it. Even his own children are not keen to learn the craft.

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