A Tarawangsa ensemble in the Ngalaksa ceremony in West Java, Indonesia.
Classification
Chordophones
Developed
West Java and Banten, Indonesia
Playing range
Pelog scales
Various hanging Gongs (gong ageng, gong suwukan, kempul) of Gamelan in Indonesia
Music of Indonesia
Genres
Classical
Kecapi suling
Tembang sunda
Kecak
Pop Indo
Hip hop
Dangdut
Campursari
Kroncong
Langgam jawa
Celempungan
Gambang kromong
Tanjidor
Gambus
Jaipongan
Pop Sunda
Qasidah modern
Rock
Tapanuli ogong
Specific forms
Angklung
Beleganjur
Calung
Degung
Gamelan
Gambang
Gender Wayang
Gong gede
Gong kebyar
Jegog
Joged bumbung
Melayu
Karinding
Kendang
Kolintang
Kulintang
Kuriding
Kurung-kurung
Salendro
Selunding
Semar pegulingan
Surakarta
Gendang beleq
Gordang sambilan
Saluang
Suling
Talempong
Tarawangsa
Tifa totobuang
Regional music
Bali
Borneo
Java
Moluccan Islands
Papua
Sulawesi
Sumatra
Sundanese
Melayu
Minangkabau
Bataks
Dayaks
Ambonese
Buginese
Acehnese
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Tarawangsa is a traditional Sundanese musical instrument from West Java, Indonesia, in the form of a stringed instrument that has two strings made of steel or iron wire.[1] Tarawangsa is an ensemble of chordophones (stringed instruments whose sound source is a resonator room) of two musical instruments. One is called tarawangsa itself, played by swiping and the other is called jentreng played by picking. The art of Tarawangsa is performed in the Ngalaksa ceremony, which is a ceremony for abundant harvests. The ceremony in the traditional agrarian society of the Sundanese is always identified with the figure of Nyai Sri Pohaci or Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Dangdayang Asri or Dewi Asri or Dewi Sri as the Sundanese goddess of rice.[2]
In 2011, the tarawangsa musical instrument of the Sundanese people from West Java was recognized as National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.[3]
^"Tarawangsa". Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^"Tarawangsa: Menghormati Dewi Sri sampai Hilang Kesadaran". Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^"Warisan Budaya Takbenda, Penetapan". Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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