History of Angklung Musical Instruments
Ditulis pada: November 25, 2021
If you like traveling to Bandung Indonesia, you may already know the location of the factory outlets that are mushrooming in the city of "peuyeum". Sometimes you feel bored and need a new atmosphere. You can come to Saung Angklung Udjo to enjoy the performance of these traditional musical instruments in harmony.
Angklung is a traditional musical instrument from West Java which is made from a combination of several bamboo tubes of different sizes, assembled in a small frame and shaken to sound it. Usually, angklung is played together in order to produce harmonic tones.
The sound of angklung actually does not come from the contents of the bamboo, but from the impact of the body of the bamboo tube. The vibration of the bamboo tube that produces the sound forms an array of tones 2, 3, to 4 in each size, both large and small.
The types of bamboo commonly used in making angklung are awi friend (white bamboo) and awi wulung (black bamboo).
History of Angklung Musical Instruments
The appearance of angklung at first as part of the rice ritual. Angklung is played to lure Dewi Sri to come down to earth so that the community's rice plants thrive.
Angklung began to be widely known by the public during the Sunda Kingdom. At that time, angklung was used as an encouragement in battle. This continued until the colonial period.
The Dutch East Indies government had banned people from using angklung. At that time, the popularity of angklung had decreased. Only children still play the traditional musical instrument.
This bamboo music is inspired by Nyai Sri Pohaci, the Goddess of Rice, the giver of life. The community believed in this myth so they began to compose poetry and songs as a tribute and offering to Nyai Sri Pohaci or Dewi Sri. The tradition of rejecting reinforcements is also a series of this rice ritual.
In its development, angklung began to recognize the elements of motion and dance or ibing with certain patterns such as when parading rice to the barn or ngampih pare, also when starting to plant rice or mitembeyan.
In harvest parties, the angklung is also a prima donna musical instrument. Angklung became a musical instrument procession in tandem with rengkong and dongdang, as well as jampana or food stretchers.
Udjo Ngalagena, an angklung artist, has since 1966 started teaching angklung games in various communities. The founder of Saung Udjo wants angklung to continue to be known and can be developed by the next generation.
