Angklung Music Group Tours Japan

Students together with alumni of the SMA Negeri iii high schoolhouse inward Bandung, West Java, bring given traditional angklung performances inward half-dozen countries to promote the "Wonderful Indonesia" campaign. 
 

Students together with alumni of the SMA Negeri iii high schoolhouse inward Bandung, West Java, bring given traditional angklung performances inward half-dozen countries to promote the 'Wonderful Indonesia' campaign. (Photo courtesy of the Angklung Family Association official Facebook account)

The group, named the Angklung Family Association, volition maintain their basis tour amongst concerts inward Japan's Kanagawa together with Tokyo on Aug. 24-30. 

Zharifah Raihannah Shiddiq, commission caput of the 2017 Expand the Sound of Angklung tour, said the shows volition attract Japanese youth to the unique sounds of the musical instrument.

For half-dozen days, the grouping volition perform at the Sunpearl Arakawa Hall inward Tokyo, piece the Zushi Culture Plaza Hall volition host the group's surgical physical care for inward Kanagawa. 

"The visitors are music lovers or students who volition come upward amongst their families. We believe this action volition strengthen the Wonderful Republic of Indonesia brand," Zharifah said.
The grouping volition likewise play inward front end of Japanese regime officials, principal executives of leading companies together with other prominent populace figures at a reception hosted past times the Indonesian Embassy at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel on Aug. 25. 

"At the diplomatic reception, the Angklung Family Association volition perform janger, a traditional trip the low-cal fantastic toe from Bali, together with bajidor kahot, a traditional trip the low-cal fantastic toe from West Java," Zharifah said.
Last year, the Angklung Family Association was awarded the Gold Band prize at the Youth Music Festival. (JakartaGlobe)