Mekar Bhuana Centre About - Mekar Bhuana Centre

Instructors

Instructors We have a team of expert instructors from a number of different villages in Bali: I Wayan Gede Purnama Gita – Gamelan Instructor and

Facilities

A family based centre, Mekar Bhuana is attached to our home and focussed around our garden, pavilion and studio areas. These are some of the

Recordings

Central to the aims of Mekar Bhuana are the tangible results of our projects, including audio and video recordings as well as reconstructed performances using

Articles

News

Documentation and Repatriation of Gambang from Banjar Bedhe, Tabanan

Years (like 24 years later!) after first meditating to the dense layering of this gorgeous Gambang style from Banjar Bedhe back in 1999, I tracked

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Mekar Bhuana Centre

Gamelan music and dance are a unique and colourful part of everyday Balinese life. There are numerous different types of gamelan orchestras in Bali and

Mekar Bhuana Aotearoa

In March 2022, Vaughan and Evie founded Mekar Bhuana Aotearoa in Wellington, New Zealand with the aim of further spreading the beauty of rare classical

Founders

Vaughan Hatch established the gamelan side of Mekar Bhuana in 2000 and Putu Evie added the dance side in 2004

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Searching for Sekati – the Mystery of a Balinese Gamelan thought to be Extinct

Bali has an astounding number of different types of gamelan ensemble, and that number is growing all the time as people create new types of

Democracy and Equality in Balinese Gamelan Part I

Bali still has a very traditional society and the late Made Wijaya went so far as to say a ‘mediaeval’one, albeit existing and functioning in

What is the difference between a lesson and a workshop at Mekar Bhuana?

One of the most common questions we get from potential students who contact Mekar Bhuana is what the difference is between a lesson and a workshop. People who

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