Katingan Dayak bronze bells: Traces of migration or local creative expression?
- Written by Muhammad Rayhan Sudrajat, Ethnomusicologist & Lecturer, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
The scent of tabalien wood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) and the laughter of children playing in the yard greeted me as I stepped into a wooden house in Tumbang Panggu, a remote village in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province.
The house owner, Pak Awim (Pak is an Indonesian honorific similar to “Mr”, used respectfully for older men),...





