http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sumatra Posts tagged with 'sumatra' at MetaFilter. Sun, 13 May 2007 07:56:05 -0800 Sun, 13 May 2007 07:56:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/61119/Some%2DIndonesian%2Dmusic Spend a bit of your Sunday getting a little more acquainted with Indonesian musical culture. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orUftdTlDow" title="Billed as a childrens group, this ensemble, known as gamelan CENIK WAYEH (9'21) won the first prize at The Bali Arts Festival 2005. They sound great. And check out their unison moves: very nice!">Balinese gamelan</a>. And a little <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc&mode=related&search=" title="This clip of gamelan GONG KEBYAR (5'01) features great camera angles that take you right inside the gamelan ensemble: a rare opportunity to really see how some of these instruments are played, up close and personal!">more</a>. See how they make some of those fabulous-sounding <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5rmfevpUhw" title="This little clip (1'59) shows some gongs being made: check the metalsmith's group rhythmic hammering: gotta get that thing into shape fast, while it's still hot!">gongs</a>. And here's the fabulous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3hvLGX5UQ&NR=1" title="The Kecak (1'41) simply must be seen and heard. There's nothing else quite like it.">Kecak</a>. And more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tz4_xGLC1c&mode=related&search=" title="This is a great performance (2'34), and what a setting, too!">Kecak</a>. And just for good measure, howsabout a little <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcddvgsuvE8&mode=related&search=" title="ANGKLUNG refers to sets of bamboo instruments, which you'll see the ensemble playing in this clip (5'45) from vocalist Calung Darso. Everybody sing along!">Angklung</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0upr5LQqFaE&mode=related&search=" title="More (5'43) from Calung Darso. We don't see the instruments being played in this particular clip, but they sure sound great!">kara<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze929H25h_I&mode=related&search=" title="One more (4'10) from Calung Darso, and this time he's kicking out the jams with a peppier feel...">oke</a>? Meanwhile in Sumatra the gals are playing the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8RyM-u1_sU&mode=related&search=" title="Ensemble of hand-held gongs plus a double-reed instrument accompanies four young girls who dance and play some plates! (4'57)">dishes</a>! <small>[all links YouTube]</small></a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.61119 Sun, 13 May 2007 07:56:05 -0800 Bali gamelan gong Java kecak music Sumatra flapjax at midnite http://www.metafilter.com/38140/Tsunami%2Deyewitnesses <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4125945.stm">Eyewitness</a> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4126183.stm">accounts</a> of today's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm">Tsunami</a>.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.38140 Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:56:44 -0800 boxingdaytsunami eyewitnesses firstpersonnarrative history indonesia sumatra tsunami tsunamis Mwongozi http://www.metafilter.com/33076/Tigers%2Dbite%2Dback <a href="http://www.laksamana.net/vnews.cfm?ncat=33&amp;news_id=7029">Tigers bite back.</a> Endangered Sumatran tigers have taken the destruction of their habitat into their own mouths by killing three &amp; mauling several other illegal loggers. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33076 Thu, 13 May 2004 11:33:19 -0800 brokenlink deforestation ecology habitat loggers logging maulings sumatra tigers i_cola http://www.metafilter.com/1970/ <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2000/06/item20000605122243_1.htm">Earthquakes hit off of Sumatra, Indonesia</a> <br>Successive earthquakes measuring 7.9 and 6.7 have killed at least 25 people in Bengkulu, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. The epicenter of the quakes was in the Indian Ocean east of Sumatra. The quakes were so storng they could felt as far away Singapore. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.1970 Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:24:22 -0800 earthquakes indonesia sumatra tragedy rschram