thursday: i went to NUS again for thai music rehearsals....let the pics do the tokking this time...
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences...
The Room...
The Door...'Singa Nglaras Gamelan Room'...thai instruments are also put in the same room.
The NAFA Members: Kit Yeng...on the Khawng Wong Yai...
Alicia at the Ranad Thum...
Jeremiah SITTING at the Ranad Thum...
Me at the Khawng Wong Lek!
Break...enjoy having a blue tooth....
From Left to Right: our dancer Nunuk Sri Rahayu, Instructor Koong Paphutsorn and Nunuk's daughter...
a close up of my pots...
Ranad Ek.
Mong!
The indonesian (javanese) gamelan set...yes the room is rather crammed...
Saron Demung...two rancak (instruments) for each of the two scales, slendro and pelog...
Saron Peking...note the buffalo horn mallet...
Kenong Japan! no its not from japan...just the name...
The Gong and Kempul (smaller gongs) Stand...
A close up on the inscription on the gong stand...'Singa Nglaras' in Javanese...which means 'Relaxing Lion'.
Gender (pronounced ghen-dair) Barung...the most complicated instrument to play...requires years of experience...
Well that's all for the day...will be going down again today to rehearse...monday's the performance. :D
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