Agak lupa tepatnya saya dan Bli Suwida pertama kali kenal. Sepertinya sekitar tahun 2012 ketika masa awal pembentukan perkumpulan pemain alat musik harpa mulut se-Indonesia. Salah satu pegiat yang menurut saya cukup menonjol kiprahnya yaitu Bli Nyoman Suwida, seorang pemain genggong khas Desa Batuan, Kecamatan Sukawati, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali. Sebagian […]
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Playing Karinding in Stockholm
During my visit to Stockholm to attend the 2019 Wikimania conference, I had the opportunity to play karinding as a fatigue reliever, after a day of attending the conference. Karinding is a jawharp musical instrument from Sundanese culture, in West Java, Indonesia. On a slightly drizzly night, after returning from […]
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Community of Karinding Buhun Ciomas
By Ilham Nurwansah Here is another karinding group from eastern part of West Java. They called KATCI acronym of Komunitas Adat Ciomas or Custom Community of Ciomas. Located in Ciomas village, Ciomas sub-distric, Regency of Ciamis. In other way, they called their selves as Komunitas Karinding Buhun Ciomas or literally […]
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Palm Karinding of Cineam
Karinding is very closely to the Sundanese (rice) farmer. This people’s traditional folk-game instrument, according to the legend, has been existing in Sunda-land since 300 years ago. Luckily, this instrument can still be found in Citamiang, Pasirmukti village, sub district of Cineam, Regency of Tasikmalaya, West Java. Nowadays, the only […]
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What is the Karinding?
By Ilham Nurwansah Karinding is a sound tool in the Sundanese karawitan (musical art). It can be made of very thin palm midrib or bamboo outer skin (epidermis), hit by finger to play it with mouth as resonator. In Cianjur, Banten, and Sumedang the karinding player uses a tubular resonator […]
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The Use of Karinding
By Ilham Nurwansah Karinding has many uses and function depends on where the karinding music tradition born and live in Sundanese society. From romantic to mystic, that are what I found in several places in West Java and Banten. To Attract Woman In Banten, Karinding is used by the […]
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Folktale of Cianjur’s Palm Karinding
Collected by Ilham Nurwansah, drawing by Pandu Wibisono (published on IJHS Newsletter Issue 14 p. 5-6, 2012) Once upon a time, in Cirama Girang village, with its very fertile land to grow the paddies, there were two large communities living on one of the two mountains that surrounded the village, […]
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Living Heritage of Palm Karinding in Rural Village
Ilham Nurwansah (published on IJHS Newsletter Issue 14 p. 4-5, 2012) Warmest greeting for all! In Newsletter 12 I wrote about two types of Sundanese mouth harp, the bamboo karinding and the palm one. Here I said that the palm (midrib) karinding or Karinding Kawung has spread to several places […]
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Karinding Kawung Cirama Girang: Warisan Karuhun di Lembur Singkur
Ku Ilham Nurwansah (Dimuat dina majalah Cupumanik) Tatar Sunda mibanda dua rupa karinding numutkeun kana bahan dasarna, nya éta karinding awi jeung karinding anu dijieun tina palapah kawung. Hususna pikeun karinding kawung, anu dipaké pikeun bahanna téh ilaharna kawung saéran. Sanajan kiwari karinding awi leuwih populér ti batan karinding kawung, […]
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Karinding Buhun Baduy: Nilik Koléksi Waditra Museum Sribaduga
Ku Ilham Nurwansah[1] (dimuat di majalah Mangle No. 2489) Museum Sri Baduga minangka lembaga anu dikokolakeun ku pamaréntah Provinsi Jawa Barat, mibanda rupa-rupa koléksi anu ngawakilan banda sajarah jeung kabudayaan masarakat Sunda. Boh anu nyampak kénéh, boh nu geus punah, boh anu geus langka kapanggih dina kahirupan kiwari. Koléksi rupa-rupa […]
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