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BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
P
R E D I C T I O N ...
As
we know, music everywhere is used to accompany other activities.
Music is a major component in religious  services,
secular rituals, theatre, and entertainment of all sorts
in my country. Music may serve as a symbol in other ways,
as well. It can represent extra-musical ideas or events.
It also symbolizes military, patriotic, and funerary moods
and events. In a more general sense, music may express
the central social values of a society. The youths in
my country are kind of obsess with pop and rock songs.
As we can see, the traditional musics are not really being
pratised by the youths anymore, which is a bad thing.
Anyway, efforts have been carried out to preserve it.
An example of an effort which has been taken is the building
of more technical schools around the country. In fact,
I think that in the future, if no action is taken, the
traditional musics are going to be totally replaced by
pop and rock musics.
by
"Renfah" - student
SEAMEO RSIP 2004 Brunei Darussalam team
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HAS
GULINTANGAN CHANGED BECOME MODERN?
(Oct
31, 2004)
Consists
of a set of 8 small gongs of graduated size, which are laid in
a row on a wooden stand. The gongs are arranged according to its
notes, from the lowest to the highest note. The wooden stand,
Langkungan, consists of two long parallel woods with several rows
of smaller woods in between to hold two rattan strings. The length
of the Langkungan is 1 to 2m long. The mass of the gong varies
but is normally less than 1 kg.
[more...]
MUSICAL
CONCERT FOR A NOBLE CAUSE (Nov
14, 2004)
Bandar
Seri Begawan - Some 50 young musicians from the La Strad Musique
(LSM) will perform in a charity concert to be held at the International
Convention Centre in Berakas on Dec 4. The musical concert is
organised by Basmida, a drugs eradication organisation, and La
Strad Musique (LSM), a local music school in Madang. It is supported
by HSBC. [more...]
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