Friday, November 26, 2010

Login Gamelan U.S. Education Curriculum

Gamelan was remarkable. Although only 15 years into the United States, traditional music from Indonesia that has now entered the educational curriculum of uncle Sam. "Gamelan and several Indonesian dance will be studied from kindergarten to college," said Joko Sutrisno, Director Sumunar Indonesian Gamelan Music and Dance in the cultural arena of friendship between Indonesia-Americans in Karanganyar, Central Java, on Wednesday (14 / 7).
According to Joko, the gamelan was late entry into the U.S. than the cultural traditions of other countries. However, the development of gamelan in there quite encouraging. No wonder if the recent U.S. education also incorporated gamelan into their curriculum.


Indonesia Sumunar Music and Dance is a performing arts organization based in Minnesota, USA. President Sumunar Indonesian Music and Dance Linda James said, until now there are 15 thousand more Americans who studied gamelan and dance from Indonesia

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