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New American President Barack Obama spent part of his youth in Indonesia, and the exotic music he heard there has been captured by legendary world music producer David Parsons and the leading expert in Indonesian music, Professor Margaret Kartomi of Monash University.
Indonesia is the country with the world's fourth largest population. While it has the largest Muslim population in the world, there are areas where Hinduism (Bali) and Catholicism (Flores and Timor) are practiced, among other minority faiths. This wide diversity of cultures is reflected in Indonesia's many musical traditions.
This definitive collection of Indonesian music was recorded in Balinese temples, Western Manggarai villages and remote parts of the country, performed by the people who live the traditions.
Indonesia is the country with the world's fourth largest population. While it has the largest Muslim population in the world, there are areas where Hinduism (Bali) and Catholicism (Flores and Timor) are practiced, among other minority faiths. This wide diversity of cultures is reflected in Indonesia's many musical traditions.
This definitive collection of Indonesian music was recorded in Balinese temples, Western Manggarai villages and remote parts of the country, performed by the people who live the traditions.
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