Cause and Effects Essay | Angklung as Traditional Music by Dian Apriansyah

 


   A Traditional Music is music that exist in common of people hereditery as an entertaint. 3 component related each other whether the Artist, Music itselft and much people. Meanwhile it means to be unite the perception between the thought of an artist and the people about development the traditional of music. A traditional music as vice of universal Art in common of people reach in General commercial. This kind of activity would gave constributed the participants to all also, untill traditional music become entertaining for bussinesman industry. And it also evolve in traditional way between people. Indonesian has diversity of Traditional music. Music Instrumental Diverse cultures of it which is we are proud of. Among Sumatera island to Papua. In case music are makes our universal language in togetherness. Let me give the example of traditional one. In sundanesse island there is Music Intrusments which made by bamboo as main tools. And it will be an amazing music instruments make a different sounds. Angklung is multional Music instrument which traditionally exist in West Java. Sounding by shaking it (the sounds cause of crash body of bamboo pipe) well, the sounds which vibrate in 2,3 till 4 tunes in each of size. Whether big or small. In 1862, Batavia created by Jonathan Rigg has written that Angklung is Music instruments made of bamboo pipes cuts the tip resemble one organ and tied up in one frame also shake to produce sound of it. There is no clue since when the Angklung used for. But it form primitive by neoliticum in Indonesia. Even the relic pre-Hinduisme in Cultures couldn’t proved it. The note about Angklung recently show to Sundanesse Kingdom in 12 BC, an iconic Angklung presented by myth of Nyai Sri Pohaci as God’s of life (hirup-hirup) also baduy presented it as Ritual of Rice every harvest at the moment, Angklung has a function to play to attrached a God’s of Sri to down to the earth to make the rice plants flourishing.

   Nowdays, the young generations would rather choose alternative music like Hip-hop, Pop, R&B, Rock, Reggae, Jazz etc. Basically the music is whatever taste depends of what they’re like, But we need to know what things makes an Indonesian young generation interest with alternative more than Traditional. First factor is Global Domination culture and exchange the cultures through media information, magazine, music events, and even internet. Let’s say Linking Park, a music Pop-rock from Western is pretty cool band group which music are use tools in general such as electric guitar, keyboard would more interesting cause it looks more cool on this century. The opposite a traditional music is considered dull music tasted. Even though, a traditional music will looks cool even when they could arrange and Increasing it more, if recognition are necessary that our music deserve getting claps in International world Cultures, Not only proud which we need for. But quality of our Music Instruments also transmit nice responding and stigma among the people.

   Angklung in several moments began to fade the existence. But started use when angklung has own arransement better in sound. The slowdown of this music instrument doesn’t matter this era, caused angklung has revive while it used in every event's official ceremony and culture perfomance. Even every education institutions like elemantary, junior, senior high school also college always use the Music instrument to accompany that event, as an Entertaining. In fact our society has development the music instruments well. It just about how often them all use it for Music, or how often them all use just being necessary. Here is the thing that become an issues.

  A bunch of people mostly underestimate that Angklung as Music Traditional through that ancestral heritage which precious for us actually, and verified that Angklung has officialy UNESCO (United Nations of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) converted as world Heritage. On, 18 November 2010. Nairobi, Kenya. Representive List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity follow up Batik, Wayang and Kris swords. Angklung fulfill the criteria as Heritage Cultures of Takbenda in another world. Because it being important part idenditiy cultures of society. This Music Instrument contains a base values an honored with social harmonies. Therefore we need to appreciated and proud of it. Beside actually people has been coserve a long time ago, but didn’t in big concept like i said before. The major thing that we should concered are defending a value and Culture in Angklung as Traditional Music.

  What an amazing effort as a Good citizens that our ancestors gave to us, to more to develop it. We are young generation must proposing angklung to be first superior Music Instrument in Indonesia even a whole the World. The way we play as if entertaiment only, but actually that step make our music will be easily recognize by local or even International. In millennials just development is not enough. We have to hit on it and expanding creations with result that Angklung besides popular it also an atrraction of this country, all this time Indonesia has been inequality culture from outside the country, this stage will open their eyes that wonderful cultures Heritage would give an opportunity for whose wanted to be advance in Music Industry. Due a lack of awereness Indonesian to give a constribute, this matter should included in every school, or education institution make local content lesson of Culture Art. Because student is reason the youth to make it possible to learn, looking for Philosophy, Actknowledge behind Angklung in order to be more competitive in real world. Once again we need to prove that our music not as mere entertaiment material. But it also become iconic culture of Indonesia which enrich our diversity more prominent in the world. If we don’t move who’s anymore would be inherit the Ancestors, therefore the young generations have a role as necessary for our cultures in Music Tradiotional. Now or never, move, let’s make the world once again amazed with our culture creations, make a precious moment for society and this country even in the World.