Last month was Ramadan. Performances were scares, bars and nightclub closed their doors for a month of praying and fasting. Fortunately some friends we had made still had some soirees and culture to entertainment and amaze with. A visit to the mesmerizing Kawah Putih, an apple green sulphur crater volcano, a Sundanese wedding, contemporary and traditional music performances and our very own debut of Sundanese song Euis Bandung...
At The Common Room, a platform for experimentation and creative collaboration, Karingding Attack; a Sundanese bamboo and heavy metal band....
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Karingding Attack at The Common Room
Euis Bandung
Another participant and I were selected to perform a boy/girl traditional Sundanese duet pop song in a breaking of the fast event one Friday evening. It was a truly surreal experience...the crowd whistled and cheered to see us dressed up in costume, singing in local dialect a song we had 4 days to learn!! Since the event we decided to make a pop music video, with the hope of becoming the next viral phenomenon in Bandung !!!
Blue Sunda at Motekar art centre
A nine year old boy sings a Sundanese song to his lost father and mother in pentatonic tone scale accompanied by kechapi at a full moon performance in Bandung.
