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Originally owned by the sultans of Java, the Javanese gamelan orchestra has spread worldwide, with dozens of them found from the United States to Japan, and from Australia to Ireland. The typical orchestra has mainly percussion instruments, plus a spike fiddle, a female vocalist, and a male chorus. This orchestra accompanies dramas such as the Javanese wayang kulit (shadow-puppet) drama and wayang wong, as well as performing concerts alone.

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  • Musician Borobudur

    Musicians performing musical ensemble, The 8th century bas-relief of Borobudur Temple, Central Java, Indonesia

  • Nagarakertagama

    Gamelan is mentioned in the Kakawin Nagarakertagama in a palm-leaf manuscript called lontar that was written by Mpu Prapanca in 1365 AD. A collection of National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Bedoyo danseressen aan het hof van de sultan van Yogyakarta TMnr 3728-444

    The court of the Sultan of Yogyakarta, c. 1876. Performance of Bedhaya Sacred Dance accompanied by Javanese Gamelan Ensemble

  • Gamelan ceremonial Munggang, Kraton Surakarta

    Javanese Gamelan Munggang (one of sacred gamelans) being played (as part of ritual) in Surakarta Sunanate, Central Java, Indonesia, 2000

  • Sinden Solo

    A sindhen is singing a Javanese song accompanied by Gamelan ensemble

  • Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place 19, Aug 06

    Javanese Gamelan in Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

  • 165 Museu de la Música, gamelan

    Balinese Gamelan in Museu de la Música de Barcelona, Spain

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een rebabspeler TMnr 60052115

    K.P.H. Notoprojo, a famous Indonesian Javanese Gamelan and Rebab player, between 1945 and 1955

  • Gong and Chime Culture Map

    The three major indigenous genres of gong-chime music prevalent in Southeast Asia: this includes the Gamelan of western Indonesia; the kulintang of the southern Philippines, eastern Indonesia, and eastern Malaysia; and the piphat of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Burma

  • Javanese Gamelan Burning Gong

    Pande (Gamelan Maker) is burning Gong in Besalen in Central Java, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gamelan die gebruikt wordt door Patiëntrn in psychiatrisch ziekenhuis Soember Porrong TMnr 60012675

    Gamelan is used by patients at Sumber Porong Mental Hospital in Java, between 1902 and 1922

  • Michael Tenzer

    Michael Tenzer played Balinese Gamelan in 1992

  • Supanggah 2004

    K.R.T. Rahayu Supanggah, one of gamelan maestros. He introduced gamelan to almost the entire world, actively researching, writing, training, creating compositions, teaching, and performing

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Gong Lanang

    Gong Lanang

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Gong Wadon

    Gong Wadon

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong hangend in een standaard onderdeel van gamelan Semar Pagulingan TMnr 1340-13

    Gong Klentong

  • Balinese Gamelan - Trompong

    Trompong

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Reyong

    Reyong

  • Baline Gamelan of Indonesia - Ugal

    Ugal

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Kantilan

    Kantilan

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Penyacah or Kenyur

    Kenyur

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Jegogan

    Jegogan

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Jublag

    Jublag

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gong van messing met bijbehorend houten standaard en slagstok TMnr 1772-591a

    Klenang

  • Gamelan of Bali 200507-3

    Kendhang Semaradana

  • Balines Gamelan of Indonesia - Ceng ceng Kepyak

    Ceng-ceng Kepyak

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Ceng ceng Ricik

    Ceng-ceng Ricik

  • Balinese Gamelan of Indonesia - Gentora

    Gentora

  • Kraton Jogja-Gamelan

    Javanese gamelan being played in Keraton Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 25 October 2009

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Yogyakarta Midden-Java. Opvoering van Wajang Kulit spel met Gamelanbegeleiding ter gelegenheid van de vijftienjarige troonsverheffing van HB VIII in zijn oude huis op Sompilan 12 Ngasem TMnr 60043327

    Wayang Kulit performance with Gamelan accompaniment in the context of the appointment of the throne for Hamengkubuwono VIII's fifteen years in Yogyakarta, between 1900 and 1940

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een groep zangeressen met een gamelanorkest in de kraton van prins Mangkoe Negoro te Solo TMnr 60005058

    A gamelan ensemble with a group of singers (Sindhen (Female) and Gerong (Male) at the Mangkunegaran Royal Palace in Surakarta, Central Java, between 1870 and 1892

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een Gamelan-orkest speelt ter gelegenheid van de installatie van de zoon van wijlen Paku Alam VII in de dalem het verblijf van de vorst te Yogyakarta Java TMnr 10003354

    A Gamelan Ensemble was played to accompany the inauguration of the Prince of the late Paku Alam VII at Pakualaman Palace, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, before 1949

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gamelanorkest TMnr 60043216

    Gamelan orchestra in East Java, late 19th century

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gamelan op Bali. TMnr 60008124

    Balinese Gamelan Performance (part of the ritual) in a Temple, Bali, Circa 1920

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Balinese danser voert een dans uit onder begeleiding van een gamelanorkest TMnr 10004737

    A balinese dancer performed Kebyar duduk dance accompanied by a Balinese gamelan Ensemble, Bali, Indonesia, before 1952

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Barong dansvoorstelling begeleid door gamelanorkest TMnr 60049172

    Barong dance performance accompanied by a gamelan ensemble, Bali, Indonesia, before 1959

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Legong dansvoorstelling in Oeboed TMnr 10026859

    Balinese girls practiced legong dance accompanied by gamelan in Ubud, Bali, Dutch east Indies, between 1910 and 1930

  • Balinese men playing gamelan

    Balinese gamelan being played in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, on 23 September 2010

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gamelan met danseres bij een pondok in de Plantentuin van Tjibodas West-Java TMnr 60013638

    Sundanese Gamelan with a dancer and Wayang Golek in a hut in Cibodas Botanical Garden, West Java on 28 September 1904

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Dansvoorstelling tijdens een feest van een regent uit de Preanger TMnr 60009261

    A Gamelan Ensemble and Dance show party for the Regent of Preanger (Now Parahyangan) West Java, between 1880 and 1920

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Gamelanorkest van de regent van Bandoeng TMnr 60025410

    Sundanese Gamelan ensemble of Bandung's Regent, West Java, Dutch east Indies, between 1857 and 1890

  • Gamelan Laras Slendro Si Ketuyung Keraton Kasepuhan

    A gamelan laras slendro Si Ketuyung (sacred gamelan), a set of gamelan instruments made in 1748, a legacy of Sultan Sepuh IV, Keraton Kasepuhan, Cirebon, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een gamelanorkest TMnr 60018011

    Gamelan Degung Ensemble, This photo was taken at Annual Exhibition in Java. between 1910 and 1930

  • Gamelandegung

    Sundanese Gamelan Degung Performance from West Java, Indonesia, on 6 November 2007

  • Gamelan Sekaten Kanjeng Kiai Guntur Madu dalam Acara Sekaten di Yogyakarta

    Sekaten, Gamelan Sekaten Kanjeng Kiai Guntur Madu (One of Some Javanese Sacred Gamelan) is usually beaten every day for a week during the Sekaten celebration at the Keraton Yogyakarta. The community was very enthusiastic about listening to the strains of the heirloom gamelan, on 26 November 2017

  • Upacara Melasti

    Melasti, a self-purification ceremony to welcome Nyepi by all Hindus in Bali. This ceremony is held on the beach with the aim of purifying oneself from all bad deeds.

  • RIBesakihZerem4

    Galungan, a Balinese holiday celebrating the victory of dharma over adharma in Besakih temple complex in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Het veertig-jarig regeringsjubileum van Soesoehoenan Pakoe Boewono X van Surakarta in de stoet lopen serimpi's mee' TMnr 10001563

    Tingalan Dalem Jumenengan, The 40th Royal coronations anniversary of Susoehoenan Pakubuwono X in Surakarta Sunanate.

  • Pernikahan Jawa-Javanese Wedding 2011 Bennylin 21

    edding Ceremony, Javanese Wedding ceremony in Java

  • Legong Kraton Farewell

    Legong, Legong Kraton Dance (Legong of the Palace) in Ubud Palace, Bali, Indonesia. In the background, the Gamelan orchestra accompanies the performance, on 23 August 2008

  • Jaipongan Langit Biru 01

    Jaipong, The Sundanese Jaipongan Langit Biru dance performance in West Java Pavilion, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta

  • Ramayana Bali Ubud 1

    Balinese Ramayana dance drama, performed in Sarasvati Garden in Ubud, Bali

  • Duryodana dalam pertunjukan wayang wong di Semarang, Jawa Tengah

    King Duryodana in Wayang wong performance in Taman Budaya Rahmat Saleh, Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia

  • Seni Drama Tari Ramayana

    Ramayana Ballet Performance near Prambanan Temple complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

  • Pentas Wayang Kulit

    Dalang (Puppet master), Sindhen (traditional Javanese singer), and Wiyaga (Gamelan musicians) in Wayang Kulit Show in Java

  • Sisi Lain Seorang Dalang

    Wayang Golek Performance in Yogyakarta

  • Kethoprak Tobong Kelana Bhakti Budaya 1

    Kethoprak (Javanese popular drama depicting legends, historical or pseudo-historical events). Performance by Kethoprak Tobong Kelana Bhakti Budaya, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

  • Gedung Ludruk Irama Budaya oleh HS Sumiyani 2

    Ludruk performance, East Java, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Toneelspelers uit het drama Sakuntala TMnr 10026810

    Sandiwara performance, West Java, Indonesia

  • Ohlala sinden

    javanese poetry, Sindhens performance with Gamelan Ensemble on a ceremony in Java, Indonesia, on 5 November 2015

  • SambaSunda Quintett in Cologne (0192)

    tembang sunda, Sundanase singer sings Sundanese song in a festival

  • Didi Kempot

    [Campursari]] performance by Didi kempot

  • Women's Gamelan Gong Kebyar Exhibition

    Balinese women gamelan Gong Kebyar in Balinese Cultural Festival, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on 17 June 2013

  • Pentas Gamelan Bali

    Gamelan performance at Borobudur International Performances and Art Festival 2018

  • Festival kesenian bali

    Gamelan players at Balinese art festival 2018

  • Oberlingamelan

    Kyai Barleyan, a Javanese gamelan at Oberlin College in Ohio. Acquired in 1970, it is believed to be the third-oldest gamelan in use in the United States.

  • Gamelansonoflion

    Gamelan Son of Lion, a Javanese-style iron American gamelan based in New York City that is devoted to new music, playing in a loft in SoHo, Manhattan, United States in 2007

  • Indra Swara gamelan

    Sundanese Gamelan Degung being played in Museo Nacional de las Culturas Mexico, Indra Swara Gamelan Group, on 2 April 2018

  • Tari Golek Ayun-Ayun 9

    Golek Ayun-Ayun Dance performance accompanied by Gamelan Ensemble at Bangsal Sri Manganti Keraton Yogyakarta

  • Jaipongan Langit Biru 01 crop

    The Sundanese Jaipongan dance performance accompanied by Gamelan Ensemble in West Java Pavilion, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta

  • Bali Lion Dance

    Gamelan ensemble (or gambelan in Balinese term) accompanying barong performance (Bali lion dance) at Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural complex, Bali, Indonesia

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Barong dansvoorstelling TMnr 60052397

    Telek (masked) dance accompanied by Gamelan ensemble in Bali, between 1950 and 1957

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een wajang wong voorstelling TMnr 60018012

    Wayang wong performance accompanied by Gamelan in Java, between 1890 and 1916

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een uit kinderen bestaand gamelanorkest in een tempelcomplex op Bali TMnr 60049082

    A gamelan ensemble consisting of children in a temple complex in Bali, between 1910 and 1920

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kinderen in danskostuums Kebun Dalem Semarang TMnr 60005221

    Children practiced dance with gamelan at Kebun Dalem Semarang, Dutch east Indies, circa 1867

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zaal in het museum van het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen Batavia TMnr 60025183

    A gamelan set in an exhibition at the museum of the Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences (Now, National Museum of Indonesia), Batavia, circa 1896

  • Gamelan Kaduk Manis Manis Rengga, Kraton Surakarta

    Gamelan Kaduk Manis Rengga (sacred gamelan) from Kraton Surakarta, Java, 2003

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een wajang kelitik voorstelling met gamelanorkest in Ngandong TMnr 60023519

    ayang klithik (flat woodden puppet) performance with a gamelan orchestra in Ngandong , Java, in 1918

  • Bonang of Gamelan Sekati, Yogyakarta

    Gamelan Sekati (One of Some Javanese Sacred Gamelan in the Keraton Yogyakarta) is being played to accompany Sekaten Ceremony in front of Kauman Great Mosque in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 27 April 2004

  • Indra A (1)

    Gamelan Nyi Asep Mangsa, Indra Swara, México, on 27 March 2015

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een gamelanorkest begeleidt het schaduwpoppenspel Wajang koelit. TMnr 60003354

    A Gamelan Ensemble accompanies Wayang Kulit Show (the Indonesian Shadow Play) in Java, circa 1870

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