Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Gendang beleq is a dance and music performance from Lombok island, Indonesia. [1] It is a popular performance among the native Sasak people.. The name gendang beleq is a Sasak language term, which means "big drum (big gendang)", [2] as the performance is about a group of musicians playing, dancing and marching with their traditional instruments, centered on two big drum (gendang) players.
Gendang Beleq dance is a sacred folk dance tradition of the Sasak people [1] of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. [2] This dance performance is usually accompanied by big drums, called gendang beleq. [3] Gendang beleq can be performed during life-cycle ceremonies, such as celebration of birth, circumcision, wedding and funeral.
Banda Aceh's Grand Mosque. Islam is the dominant religion in Aceh and over 98% of the 4 million people identify as Muslim. According to data from the 2005 census, the religious percentages in Aceh are 98.87% Islam, 0.87% Protestantism, 0.15% Buddhism, 0.09% Catholicism and 0.02% Hinduism. [1] Islam in Aceh is Sunni with Shafi'i mazhab in Fiqh.
Gendang beleq is a traditional music from Lombok island, Indonesia. The name gendang beleq is a Sasak language term, which means " big drum (big gendang ) ", [ 16 ] as the performance is about a group of musicians playing, dancing and marching with their traditional instruments, centered on two big drum ( gendang ).
There is a possibility that the origin of the name Sasak came from the word sak-sak, which means "boat".In the Nagarakretagama, the word Sasak is mentioned together as one with Lombok Island, namely Lombok Sasak Mirah Adhi.
The typical double-sided membrane drums are known throughout Maritime Southeast Asia and India.One of the oldest image of kendang can be found in ancient temples in Indonesia, especially the ninth century Borobudur and Prambanan temple.
In 1511, the Portuguese took over Malacca, but various other Muslim states began to grow in size and economic and political prominence. For example, Aceh dominated the region, both politically and economically, in the early 17th century.
The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam (Acehnese: Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: اچيه دارالسلام ), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline.