Art and Culture

In the past if there was war, ethnic Dayaks in general using their trademark weapons,”Mandau”.”Mandau” is an heirloom that generations used by the Dayak tribes and regarded as a sacred object. Besides being used at the time of the battle Mandau is also commonly used by the Dayak tribes to accompany them in performing their daily activities, such as slashing or cutting meat, herbs, or other objects that need to be cut.

Usually the layman will often confusion between “Mandau” and “Ambang”. Lay people or people who are not accustomed to seeing or even holding the saber will be difficult to distinguish between “Mandau” with  “Ambang” because when viewed in plain view is both about the same. However, both are very different. But if we look in more detail later on it will show a very significant difference, ie there are carvings on the Mandau or the encrusted gold, copper, or silver and Mandau more powerful and flexible, because the saber made of mountain stone containing iron and processed by an expert. While the ambang is only made of ordinary iron. (more…)

This dance is a dance welcoming the guests of honor at festivities State/village in Central Maluku. Generally describe the mood of joy from the whole of society to the arrival of the guest of honor at the State/village, and became the phrase Welcome Dance.

Combination floor patterns and movement and music rhythm further strengthen the expression of how the entire community of State/local village feel very pleased with the presence of guest of honor at the State / their village. (more…)

Tambourine or drum is one of the many types of musical instruments that exist in the Bible that is used to praise God and played when we praise and worship God.

Tambourine round in shape and has a membrane in one side, the membrane could be an animal skin or plasticshiny-called hologram. The sound of a tambourine with the membrane holographic louder than those made from animal skinsor transparent plastic. On the side we are holding a hard place there are one or two tambourine jangle like the color of silver spoons and forks. Tambourine sizes vary, there are so-called tambourine tambourine children and adults. The difference of the diameter and weight of course. But making the same. (more…)

Called weapons of the people of Aceh, in addition to guns and firearms, the most famous is Rencong. In fact, one of Aceh’s land title is also known as the “Land of  Rencong.”

Rencong or reuncong some are called, are traditional weapons of the people of Aceh. Aceh has the form of Rencong like letter [L] or more precisely like calligraphy mention the name. Rencong included in the category of dagger or knife .

Historically, rencong have levels. First, rencong used by the king or sultan. Rencong is usually made of ivory (sheath) and pure gold (the dagger). Second, the sheath rencong rencong-usual made of buffalo horn or wood, while the dagger of brass or white metal. In general, there are four types of weapons rencong which became the mainstay of society in Aceh. (more…)

Musical instruments have been created since the old times by early humans. Any musical instrument can be made from anything, ranging from wood, iron, brass, copper, stone and even the bones of a dead animal.

Like a flute or some kind of flute found in an old cave in Germany.

The flute is made from bird bones weaverbird and estimated by the archaeologist is the world’s oldest musical instrument.

Bone flute was about 40,000 years old and was discovered by the archaeologist from the University of Tuebingen in the Hohle Fels, a stone cave in southern Germany. (more…)

Traditional musical instrument zither is an instrument of classical music that always colors some of the arts in this Sunda land. Make a Kecapi is not easy. Although glance looks like a harp, a simple instrument, but it makes it not easy. For the raw material is only made of wood Boxwood first soaked for three months. While the strings, if you want to produce good tone, the atmosphere should be of wire (alloy of gold and copper), such as the lute that was made long ago. Since the atmosphere is currently expensive, more strings Santol now using steel wire.
Tones in the harp sunda have five (pentatonic) scales ie Da, Mi, Na, Ti, La,.
Couple this Sundanese zither musical instrument is usually a flute made of bamboo sunda. The music that flows will feel dazzling in our ears if played both. (more…)

Learn to play the piano is one of the best things you can do yourself. If you have any desire to play the piano, you should start immediately.Benefit if you play piano,

A). Play the piano has never been so easy. There are many ways to learn piano. You could, for private piano lessons with a  instructor

B).Play the piano, it is much cheaper than you think. At the expense of eating out can be a good exercise for buying  DVD guide  play piano.It’s almost like a mentor for the next 24 hours.

C).Play the piano will give you something more to  your  family especially your children or grandchildren.Children love music,of course.It might even earn enough interest to learn what you want! Give your child a gift for music.

D).Play the piano gives you the ability to perform their favorite songs anytime! Each is usually a couple of songs to reflect what they wanted, they could simply sit and play. Well, there’s no better time than now to make this dream! Piano scores of all the difficulties in the collection of easy access, book and music store. There are even Web sites and the print version of the electronic distribution of music online. Well, is the fact that even some pages, you can see and listen to samples of songs before you buy! (more…)

Learning the violin is not really easy, this is not one of those tools that can directly and immediately make a beautiful sound, just the opposite! There are many ways to improve your game and the internet is full of tips and violin Tehnique. Exactly where you play your game and some tips to help you better play the violin, read the following suggestions.

A). If you have not already, be a teacher. What better way for someone who really knows, to learn, you can see how their work and can show them to help you play your technique and learn the violin better. The teacher can correct your posture and other things that are difficult to detect manually. However, it is important that the search for a violin teacher that you want and listen. There is nothing worse than the fear of your violin lessons, because you do not like teachers.

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Stretching between highlanders indentations Jayawijaya, Baliem Valley has long been the venue for the largest annual cultural festival in the land of Papua. In this valley, the Dani people live in harmony and united in the embrace of mountains which surrouded Papua beautiful and charming nature. Aside from being a ‘home’, often Baliem Valley becomes the arena of war by the warring tribes and became the arena of massacre those who fight for the triumph of tribal pride.

Baliem Valley itself a new existence to surface in the 1930s with the reports that there is a group of primitive tribes living in the valley. Approximately 10 years later, the valley is isolated from foreign influence is increasingly recognized by the outside world,after the National Geographic magazine put this valley on the world map published in the magazine.

Already long ago, the war became something that was integral in the life of the Dani people and other tribes in Papua. For them, war has some deep meaning. In addition to the tradition has become hereditary, the war is considered not merely occasions for tribal power struggle with each other only, but also a symbol of fertility and prosperity. That is, if there was no war there is no hope of harvest and livestock will be successful and healthy pigs. If you already like, they also must prepare themselves for a bad season. (more…)

Tolaki tribes believe that the offspring derived from an angel who descended directly from heaven. Originally seven fairies came down from heaven and bathe in a pool of the Earth (Tesahano Melangge). Then one angel named Oheo lurk those who were in the shower and found the clothes of the eldest brother of the goddess go.

Eldest daughter could not fly because of the clothes that she had been taken by Oheo and eventually he abandoned by his brothers on Earth. Oheo emerged with the appearance of an innocent approach Eldest daughter who was crying. He was married by Oheo with a request that the requirement to have children one day when he can not wash his while him urinate.

They both were blessed with a boy and when children from their waste water Oheo told his wife to the eldest daughter to clean up with his own hands. Terms has broken, and finally the eldest daughter cried until I find the clothes that so far, had been hidden by the Oheo. Eldest daughter had to fly to the sky. Oheo even with full remorse for help on one plant species to cane to the sky where his wife was the eldest daughter. (more…)