MOLUCCAS SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL NATURE AND VERY FERTILE SOIL, POPULATION ENJOY AND BLESSING IT WITH SINGING CULTURE , IT ENCOURAGES SINGING WITH A GOOD VOICE AND DANCING ALSO WHICH BECAME THE DISTINCTIVE LOCAL CULTURE FROM LONG TIME AGO. THEREFORE MANY FAMOUS FOLK SONG ( RASA SAYANGE, OLE SIO SAYANGE, AYO MAMA, BULAN PAKAI PAYUNG, LEMBE-LEMBE,TOMA E TOMA ,ENGGO LARI AND MANY MORE) ALSO A SINGER IN INDONESIA CAME FROM THIS REGION. THIS SONG TELLS THE STORY ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH GREAT NATURE AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.COMPOSED BY JOHN PATTIRANE THE GREATEST MOLUCCAN FOLK SONG COMPOSER AND SUNG BY TINA TETELEPTA A MEMBER OF LEX'S TRIO, A FAMOUS INDONESIAN TRIO IN THE 8O'S KNOWN FOR THEIR SINGING VOICE AND ALSO CAME FROM THIS REGION. CITY OF AMBON IS THE CAPITAL MOLUCCAS ISLAND IN THE EAST OF INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO. THIS REGION IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S SPICES PRODUCER AND FAMOUS AS THE MOST WANTED INTERNATIONAL TRADING CENTER SINCE 16th CENTURY . ARABIAN, CHINESE, INDIAN, BRITISH, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, DUTCH IS THE FOREIGNERS WHO VISITED WITH VARIOUS PURPOSES. IN THE SAME TIME PORTUGUESE INTRODUCE THE LOCAL PEOPLE TO A MODERN STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SMALL GUITAR) NOW KNOWN AS 'UKULELE'. SINCE THEN UKULELE BECAME AN IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT USED TO ENTERTAIN IN VARIOUS LOCAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES,UNTIL ONE DAY MUSICAL CULTURE DEVELOPED INTO A NEW GENRE. RHYTHM WITH A TYPICAL SOUND CALLED "KERONCONG". LOVE INDONESIA! (DK)

• published: 02 Jan 2011
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• author: dekayhermes2010