Recording of the week: Rinding gumbeng from Central Java

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This week’s selection comes from Michele Banal, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Rinding gumbeng is a style of Central Javanese folk music that, although not widespread, is still common in the rural Gunungkidul area, about 50 km east of Yogyakarta, where it is performed at harvest rituals…

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