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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang Musician from lrmbean Villager Studio

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Lembean Villager Play Kolintang

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Kolintang is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music played on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, Kolintang music ensembles have been playing for many centuries in regions of Eastern Indonesia including North Sulawesi. Kolintang evolved from a simple native signaling tradition, and developed into its present form with the incorporation of knobbed gongs from Sunda. Its’ importance stems from its association with the indigenous cultures that have inhabited these islands long before to the arrival of outside influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. This makes Kolintang among the most ancient traditions of Southeast Asian ancient gong-chime ensembles.

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Kolintang Instrument from Cempaka Wood

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Kolintang

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How To Hit the Kolintang