
Caruk
Our smallest ensemble with just two musicians, Caruk is one of Bali’s rarest gamelan art-forms and is only found in a handful of villages, including
View more >>Our smallest ensemble with just two musicians, Caruk is one of Bali’s rarest gamelan art-forms and is only found in a handful of villages, including
View more >>We have one Javanese gamelan set at Mekar Bhuana: a very old set that based on its organology, patina and ornamentation dates to the first
View more >>In 2019, we restored and reconstructed a very unusal set that we have called ‘Angklung Lombok’ because of its provenance – however, these types of
View more >>Our first Semara Patangian (Pelegongan ) set is at Mekar Bhuana Centre in Bali. It is an antique, very complete ensemble that Vaughan Hatch acquired
View more >>Semara Patangian kami di Selandia Baru unik karena merupakan satu-satunya di luar Bali dengan tatanan bilah dan instrumentasi kuno.
View more >>The Seven-tone Semara Pagulingan set in New Zealand also partly old but has a higher tuning than our one in Bali. The ensemble is both
View more >>Our Six-tone Semara Pagulingan is not yet complete, as we still need to fundraise more to make the ornate wooden casings, the design of which
View more >>In mediaeval Bali (circa 1600-1906) Semara Pagulingan (also known as Semar Pegulingan) was an important part of the Balinese courts. Accompanying court rituals and Pendet
View more >>Our five-tone Semara Pagulingan set is our antique Semara Patangian set with a terompong, ponggang-kempyung, kangsi and grantang added, and the gender rambat removed. It
View more >>Purchased in 2012, our first Selonding set is modelled on the Bugbug formation but with additional instruments found in the set from Merajan Selonding in
View more >>Our Old-Fashioned Angklung set is characterised both by its age (estimated to be from the 1800s) as well as its old-fashioned instrumentation (hence the name:
View more >>We have seven antique Gender Wayang sets at Mekar Bhuana, but only four sets have casings. These four sets have been lovingly restored by founder
View more >>Our Gambang set is one of the most recent additions at Mekar Bhuana. It is in the Bebandem, Karangasem style and is the most complete
View more >>Our Gong Bheri ensemble includes the following instrumentation: 1 x bheri, 1 x sungu, 1 x bende, 1 x tawa-tawa, 1 x rebab The ensemble
View more >>Our Baleganjur set is around 40-50 years old and is made up of the following instrumentation: 1 gong ageng, 1 x reong, 3 pairs of
View more >>Our most light-hearted ensemble that, while not a focus of any of our reconstruction of restoration projects, serves to support our centre as one of
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