February 15th was a Saturday Excursion day planned by the university. Three Indonesian University students (the “Buddies”) accompanied all the student teachers to Saung Angklung Ujo, a premiere school of traditional Indonesian art. There, we all watched a presentation of Angklung music which lasted about 2 hours.
Although the Angklung sounded like wind chimes, the diatonic scale they made the modern Angklung into allowed it to play contemporary music. That ability was experienced by all the audience in a form of basic Angklung orchestra. However, I do think the Angklung isn’t a very practical instrument as the size makes it too clunky to carry around.
The group ended the day at a local Surabi restaurant for dinner. Mine had chicken, eggs, sausage, and the yellow mayo that it was drenched in. The sticky pancake base made this pasty more like a meal, and I enjoyed it more than I expected.
The day ended at around 9pm, and Surabi made it a great ending for a free day with friends.
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