Gamelan Novo Kasatria

The forthcoming performance at Lake Macquarie Art Gallery follows up the tremendous energy generated by the Australian Gathering Of Gamelans at the recent Woodford Folk Festival.

Novo Kasatria were joined by special guests Wahyu Roche and Kym Hall, who have been touring NSW and Queensland for some months, performing in Sydney, Woodford, Gosford, Byron Bay and Armidale.

The repertoire features some outdoor Angklung Banyuwangi, a spectacular gong, chime and bamboo ensemble, and drum ensembles (Rampak Kendang); and quieter indoor pieces on kacapi suling (Sundanese Zither and Flute), and our own fusion pieces involving the preceding with harp, violin, guitar and mandolin.

Gamelan is an ancient musical orchestra of gongs, chimes, drums and many other instruments. Its name suggests striking or handling instruments, and its music varies from wild trance dances and drama action pieces to quiet meditative pieces encouraging a dignified restraint (regu ).

In addition to traditional pieces Novo Kasatria (the name suggests new age warriors) will be developing new pieces and styles not already covered by the twenty or so gamelan groups across Australia.

Angklung Banyuwangi

The tradition of Angklung Banyuwangi, while not as ancient as the classic Javanese, Balinese and Cirebon orchestras, has evolved out of unique local traditions over two or three hundred years. Banyuwangi is the easternmost town of Java, looking over the strait to Bali, less than half an hour on sea. It has blended local (Osing) songs with Balinese and East Javanese gamelan practice, to become a brilliant and high spirited show. Angklung Caruk is a local competition, where two angklung groups compete for crowd approval over an afternoon, playing tunes of many styles, showing off virtuosic variations, and comic spots.

Our Angklung Banyuwangi currently uses:

• 2 Angklung caruk (bamboo xylophones on racks)
• 2 sarons (10 keyed metallophones)
• 1 slentem (10 keyed metallophone)
• gong, kempul and ketuk
• 2 tingklik, triangle and kecer (jingle rack), violin, drum and cymbal

A full ensemble would also have 2 peking (high 10 keyed saron), 2 demung and a second slentem.

The pieces played in this group have been learned from the groups of Mitro and Misnadi, in Rogojampi and Glendeng, Banyuwangi province.

Tari jaipongan

Jaipongan was dance art that was born from creativity of an artist from Bandung, Gugum Gumbira. He terinspirasi in the people's art that one of them was to knock on xOBJ made him knew and knew true perbendaharan patterns of the movement of the available tradition dance to Kliningan or Bajidoran or knocked on xOBJ. So as he could develop the dance or art that currently in knew by the name of Jaipongan. The Jaipongan work first that began to be known by the community to be the dance of “Daun Pulus Keser Bojong” and “Rendeng Bojong” that both of them were the kind and the teamed dance of the daughter's dance (Putra and the daughter). The beginning of this dance emergence was originally regarded as the erotic and vulgar movement, but increasingly old this dance increasingly popular and began to increase by the frequency pertunjukkan him was good in the television media, hajatan, and celebrations that disenggelarakan by the government or by private enterprise's side. From this Jaipong dance began to be born several dancers Jaipongan that was competent like Tati Saleh, Yeti Mamat, Eli Somali, and Pepen Dedi Kirniadi. The presence of the Jaipongan dance

kawah kamojang

After being satisfied with the Cangkuang Temple tourist attraction, Situ Bagendit and the Air Panas Bathing Place in Cipanas, we then headed the Kamojang Crater tourist attraction. In fact at the same time came home to Bandung, but through the road that was different that is the Sampireun Village direction (15 km from the Garut City) and through Kamojang, Paseh, Majalaya, nembus M. Toha Bandung. The Kamojang crater personally be at a distance around 25 km from Garut and 35 km from Bandung. The photograph along with was scenery of the pine forest in the middle of our trip.

From Tour de Garut

The trip from Garut – Kamojang – Bandung was filled with very natural mountainous scenery, far from the settlement of the inhabitants. The condition for the running rose descended and in several points was very steep so as must extra carefully, were valid for the two directions. I have felt both of them because twice carried out the tour to the Kamojang Crater, moreover if rain and was hazy like the experience this time.. wuih, could be nervous during wanted menuruni one descendant who was very steep that is when approaching Paseh; but rather was caused the brake in front of my motorcycle that already not all that pakem was increased by the wet condition was wet.

From Tour de Garut

After often stopped to hunting the photograph in the middle of the trip, we then succeeded in reaching the Kamojang region of the Crater tourist attraction. We paid the Rp ticket 5000 per the person and Rp 2000 per the motorcycle. This he Berecek Crater scenery, beforehand we came across the Manuk Crater. Because very hazy we could not see many in the two craters. Finally was used by us for the taking of our self-portrait personally at the edge of the crater.

From Tour de Garut

After going through the two Manuk craters and the Berecek Crater, we continued the trip a little and arrived in the main carpark the Kamojang Crater tourist attraction. Who the idea, after going through the very quiet mountainous region, evidently the quite busy carpark was adorned again with several restaurants and the small stall. We parked the vehicle and afterwards walked towards the object of the spurting of geothermal vapour. This he his picture.. the thunderous voice his spurting was very dramatic right..

From Tour de Garut

Kampung Sampireun - Garut

Kampung Sampireun is located in Ciparay Village, It’s part of West Garut, was built in 1999, with concept “ Back to Nature “ to exposse Sundaness culture , Most of all activity, entertainment , the bungalows taken from that Culture.

Kampung Sampireun has a relatively cool climate due to its altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level, the temperature reaches 10-22 ˚C, broadly 5.5 hectare , its surrounded by 4 green mountain. The name of Kampung Sampireun is taken from Sundaness Language means : “a place for stop in “. It is simple to reach the place, it takes about 4 hours from Jakarta via Cipularang free road, and 2 hours from Bandung.

Kampung Sampieun is a resort with the touch of traditional Sundanesse village, Having luxurious pines, plants, and other plants arranged harmoniously, the resort establishes the theme “ Tropical Gardenlust” Its also preserves the bamboo garden that gives you a calm romantic chill nuence when the wind blows softly through the area.

From the moment you arrive, you will be greeted by staff dressed in traditional sundanesse attire demonstrating the strong fashion style of sundanesse people. Guest will then be served a traditional appetizing welcomedrink called “ Bazigur” which is made from coconut fat, red sugar & pandanus leaf, accompanied with delicous snack such as : rengginang & Renggining, afterward guests will be escorted from the lobby to their own bungalow by canoe. While travelling in this original mode you can enjoy the fabulous scenery of Kampung Sampireun in the company of lots of goldfish. All along the way to the bungalow the revelation of Kampung Sampireun continues in this romantic setting inspired by natural scenery.

Kampung Sampireun offers a number of different packages catering to specific needs of its guests and of its very special offers is the Honeymoon Package. Spending your Honeymoon at Kampung Sampireun at Kampung Sampireun is truly exceptional indeed. The Resort surrounded by mountains ensures a peace full, hormonious and exotic nuence far away from hectic city life. Honeymooners will be spoilt numerous special touches adding to the experience, such as the floating candle light dinner, the couple spa treatment, a specifically decorated room, and many more personal touches.

Kampung Sampireun is a truly romantic place, a haven to spend time with your love one, Having your honeymoon at Kampung Sampireun will surely make for an unforgettable experience that will certainly last for a life time. Kampung Sampireun Resort & Spa is the right place to relax for you & Your family. Kampung Sampireun is very suitable to be a place for having good time with family. The natural beaty & exotic view is the reason it’s called “ Heaven of Honeymooners “.

kampung naga

The dragon village. What the first time crossed on your marrow when reading or hearing words - the words? A village that all of his inhabitants were the dragon? Or a village that the field paddy-field and the garden - his garden be full of the dragon? If you were thoughtful like that, unfortunately you blunder. The dragon village that I the intention was a village that was in Tasikmalaya, West Java. Gotten 109 houses in the village measuring 1.5 ha this. The inhabitants of the village of the living dragon were very simple and still was very depending to nature in the life a day- his day. One of the traditions that still was held firm by his resident until this was to be able to not be electric here. Imagined, there were no electricity! If in my route, the Informatika Technique, there were no electricity it seems already as not having the life: ( The community here was sure that electricity will only cause the jealous feeling among them because of their capacity to buy the implement elektornik that was different. How

This village simplicity could be also seen from 109 available houses here. His wall was made from the bamboo cane work (if in my area normally was mentioned gedhek) and his roof was made from the palm fibre leaves. Not was supposed by me, in the middle of the number of skyscrapers that seem like - processed fought to fill the city - the city in Indonesia but still had the village - the other village that held firm the tradition to maintain conservation of nature. The community here used light tempel to oppose dark him the night. Must have been here was not seen by the crowd of the playing child PS moreover the scream - the person's scream - the person who watched together euro 2008:

The resident here had a habit that was mentioned pokodok. The activity looked for the fish over the stone - the stone in the river when the river water began to be turbid the sign of this dry season normally was done in a beramai manner - busy. However the child - the small child here reluctantly was waiting for the turbid river water. Although not yet the dry season, not rare they berpokodok cheerful:) Usually after succeeding in catching the fish, they handed over results of his fugitive to the mother - their mother to be fried. While being waiting for the fish - his fish was ripe, they normally play the stone together. The traditional game that if in my area was mentioned beteng-an. There was a kind of stone that was the sign of the area of the authority of a group. The group laen tried to seize him. Nah in the Naga Village his sign was the stone, whereas in my area usually his sign is the pole. Already previously ah about the Naganya Village. The source of this article most of the Laptop Si Unyil. In the TV house has been my fourth girlfriend (after the number 1 book - the book, the number 2 the aL