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18 Students of Dominicus College in Nijmegen The Netherlands Play Gamelan in Kulonprogo

JAVANESE traditional music in Indonesia, named Gamelan , is now beginning to rarely favored the younger generation. However it's proved to be attractive to tourists or foreigners from European countries. Having schedule to travel to Kulonprogo Regency , about 18 students Dominicus College in Nijmegen, the Netherlands , visited Indonesia, especially Kulonprogo Regency. What do they do on those kinds of Travel Destination agenda? It's to know and practise Gamelan. It is on Thursday July 30, 2015, when the students being spent a week at Wild Rescue Center (WRC) Yogyakarta , take the time to visit the studio of Karawitan Lestari Budaya in Cumethuk RT 22 RW 11 Kedungsari Pengasih Kulonprogo. Not just to be a spectator, these students are even involved plays gamelan music. For some of them this is the first occasion. One of the students, Jimmy Banken , was deeply curious about the traditional gamelan music. Teens who used to play drums or percussion instruments have a different se