Agung
The agung is a musical instrument made of two large, wide-rimmed gongs that hang vertically. It is used by the Maguindanao, Maranao, Sama-Bajau, and Tausug people of the Philippines as part of kulintang ensembles, where it helps create music. The agung is also commonly found among other groups in areas such as Palawan, Panay, Mindoro, Mindanao, Sabah, Sulawesi, Sarawak, and Kalimantan, where it is an important part of the agung orchestra.
Kulintang
Kulintang (also called kolintang or kulintangan in other languages) is a type of music made by striking small, horizontal gongs that create melodies. Larger gongs and drums are also used to accompany the music. Kulintang is part of a long tradition of gong music in Southeast Asia.
Angklung
The angklung (Sundanese: ᮃᮀᮊᮣᮥᮀ) is a musical instrument from the Sundanese people in Indonesia. It is made of several bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are shaped to create a clear musical note when struck and are tuned to octaves, which are notes that are higher or lower in pitch, like Western handbells.
Calung
The Calung (Sundanese: ᮎᮜᮥᮀ) is a type of Indonesian bamboo xylophone that comes from the Baduy culture. It is often used in performances by Baduy, Bantenese, Sundanese, Banyumasan, and Balinese people. The Calung instrument has several bamboo tubes that are struck at the bottom to create a wooden sound.
Gangsa
A gangsa is a type of metallophone used mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music in Indonesia. In Balinese gong kebyar styles, two types of gangsa are typically used: the smaller, higher-pitched kantilan and the larger pemade. Each instrument has several tuned metal bars, made of either iron or bronze, placed over individual resonators.
Gender
Gender refers to the social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral characteristics associated with being a man (or boy), a woman (or girl), or identifying as a third gender. While gender often matches a person’s sex assigned at birth, some individuals, such as transgender people, may identify with a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth. Many cultures follow a strict gender binary, which divides people into two groups, but some individuals do not fit into these categories and may be described as non-binary.
Saron
• Saron (Cantabria, Spain), a village in the Santa Maria de Cayón Municipality • Saron, Carmarthenshire, a small mining village in West Wales near Ammanford • Saron, Denbighshire, a small village in Wales • Saron, Gwynedd, a hamlet near Caernarfon in Wales (grid reference SH4659) • Saron, Thiruvannamalai, a township in the Indian district of Thiruvannamalai • Saron, Western Cape, a town in South Africa • Pikin Saron, an indigenous village in Suriname • Saron Baptist Chapel, Saron, Carmarthenshire, Wales • Saron Chapel, Aberaman (Independent), Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Bonang
The bonang is an Indonesian musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan. It consists of small gongs, sometimes called “kettles” or “pots,” arranged horizontally on strings in a wooden frame called a rancak. These gongs are placed in one or two rows.
Kempul
A kempul is a type of hanging gong used in Indonesian gamelan music. It is a set of tuned, hanging gongs with knobs, often made of bronze, wood, and cords. The kempul has a flat surface with a knob in the center and is struck with the soft part of a mallet.
Kendang
A kendang, also called gendang, is a drum with two drumheads used by people from the Indonesian Archipelago. It is one of the main instruments in gamelan ensembles, which are musical groups found in Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese music. The kendang is also used in kulintang ensembles in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.