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Kōrero: Indonesians

Gamelan orchestra

Audio file

The unique sound of the gamelan (Indonesian percussion music) has been compared to ‘moonlight and flowing water’. In November 2004 Victoria University of Wellington’s Javanese gamelan orchestra, Padhang Moncar, performed in St Paul’s Cathedral. Listen to Padhang Moncar in performance.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

Sound file from Victoria University of Wellington

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Carl Walrond, Indonesians – Culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/905/gamelan-orchestra (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009.