The good news today comes from UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The United Nations agency in charge of education, science and culture has designated gamelan as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
As Indonesian people, I warmly and proudly welcome this appointment. Gamelan has long been part of the daily life of people in various regions in Indonesia, continues to be studied, developed and passed down from generation to generation. Gamelan also inspires and influences world music.
Indonesia will continue to preserve gamelan through formal and non-formal education and training, through festivals, parades, performances, and cultural exchanges.
Gamelan is the 12th Indonesian Intangible Cultural Heritage that has been listed on the UNESCO WBTB list after wayang, keris, batik, batik education and training, angklung, saman dance, noken, three traditional dance genres in Bali, the art of Phinisi Shipbuilding, the tradition of pencak martial arts, and poetry.
Gamelan is a traditional musical ensemble popular in Java, Sunda, and Bali. There are so many instrumens in Gamelan, such as Kendang, Saron, Bonang, Demung, Slenthem, Kenong, Kempul, Kedhuk Kempyang, Gambang, Siter, Peking, Suling, and still many others. Someones who play gamelan are called Panjak, or Niaga. Like modern music, gamelan also has singer to makes it more interesting and attractive. The singer is called Sinden.
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