TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia is promoting kolintang, a musical instrument made of wood from Minahasa, North Sulawesi, so that it is included in UNESCOs world heritage list. This was stated by the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Kolintang has officially been recognized as part of the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. This recognition was announced during the ...

JAKARTA (Bernam-Antara): Indonesian Minister of Culture Fadli Zon announced the proposal to recognise traditional dance Reog Ponorogo, the Kolintang musical instrument, and the Kebaya dress as ...

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The highly anticipated Indonesian cultural festival kicked off in the opera hall of Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music recently to promote cultural exchanges between China and Indonesia and ...

The balafon (in Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire) and kolintang (in Indonesia) refer to a set of wooden xylophones of different lengths. The Indonesian and West African instruments share ...