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Gamelan Collection

Background imageGamelan Collection: Bali Dancing Girls

Bali Dancing Girls
Lovely young women of Bali, Indonesia, performing the Kebyar, a purely demonstrative dance, in which they interpret the mood of music played by a gamelan orchestra. Date: 1930s

Background imageGamelan Collection: Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - Java

Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - Java
Wayang - Javanese puppet theatre (sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang). Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java (now Indonesia)

Background imageGamelan Collection: Allied Military Leaders receive Legion of Honour Grand Croix

Allied Military Leaders receive Legion of Honour Grand Croix
Allied Military Leaders - WWII era. General Gamelin, Commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies; General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff; General Viscount Gort

Background imageGamelan Collection: Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and Music

Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and Music
Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - traditional National dance which features singing and dancing performed by an ensemble / chorus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageGamelan Collection: Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and Music

Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and Music
Performing zat pwe the traditional Burmese performance form that combines elements of music, dance, and theatre. Date: circa 1908

Background imageGamelan Collection: Myanmar - Burmese Traditional Village Dancing and Music

Myanmar - Burmese Traditional Village Dancing and Music / Musicians - playing such instruments as the curved Burmese Xylophone (Pattala) and Khong Vong gong chimes. Date: circa 1907

Background imageGamelan Collection: Wayang puppet theatre of Bali, Indonesia

Wayang puppet theatre of Bali, Indonesia
Wayang puppet theatre and gamelan musicians of Bali, Indonesia. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageGamelan Collection: Khong Yai

Khong Yai - Harmonicons (Khong Vong gong chimes) of wood or metal form the basis of bands of Siam (Thailand), Burma (Myanmar) and the Indian Archipelago

Background imageGamelan Collection: Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and Gamelan

Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and Gamelan
Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and musicians forming a Gamelan orchestra Date: 1927

Background imageGamelan Collection: Bonang Players - Bali

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)


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