"The History of Gamelan" - Sumarsam -Lecture #5

Professor Sumarsam from Wesleyan University discusses previous lectures and gives us the history and context of gamelan throughout the ages leading to a video about one of gamelans unique artforms called “Gift of the Wali: The Gamelan Sekaten in Central Java”followed by a discussion.

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