A Typical Musical Instrument Indonesia Made from Bamboo

Indonesia has a wide variety of unique and creativeculture. Starting from a variety of language, dress, food, drink, dancing, games to music. Besides Indonesiahas sharpened bamboo sticks as weapons of struggle in the colonial period ago, there are also a wide variety ofmusical traditional instrument made ​​of bamboo, there are dances and various culinary Indonesia using bamboo too.

Here are some musical traditional instrument that uses bamboo.

1.   Sasando is a stringed musical instrument. This instrument comes from Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara. Sasando shape similar to other stringed instruments such as the guitar, violin and harp. The main part sasando long tubular made ​​of bamboo.

2. Calung is a musical instrument Sundanese similar with angklung. Unlike the angklung is played by shaken, beating calung way is to hit the trunk of the sections are arranged according to the pentatonic scales.

 

3.  Saluang is a traditional musical instrument Minangkabau, West Sumatra. Thiswind instrument made ​​of thin bamboo or gutters. These tools include class of musical instrument flute, but it is simpler to make, enough with punching holes in gutters with fourholes. Saluang lengthof approximately 40-60 cm, with a diameter of 3-4 cm.

4.  Angklung is a traditional musical instrumentfrom West Java, made ​​of bamboo, which soundedshaken by (the sound caused by the clash of bodies bamboo pipes) so as to produce a vibrating sound.

5.  Jegog is a typical musical instrument Jembrana, Bali. Similar to bamboo gamelanyet. Physical form such as bamboo slatsarranged half lined. Underneath, there is a bamboo intact butperforated uppers as hole resonance.

That some traditionalIndonesian musical instruments and many others to be the uniqueness of the culture of the country that are awesome.

Rendang Padang, Culinary Heritage Society Minangkabau, Indonesia

Rendang is one of the typical food of Indonesia which the mostfamous. This food comes from recipes handed down Minangkabau people, Padang, WestSumatra Province, Indonesia. Rendang processed using meat and coconutmilk as the main ingredient with the content of marinades and spices arerich. Cuisine with a spicy flavor that is loved by the entire community, and can be found throughout the house EatingPadang in Indonesia,Malaysia, or in other countries.

How to make Rendang with this recipe is very simpleand easy to follow. Maybe for a beginnerand have never made ​​it will experience some difficulties but overall wouldbe fine.

Make Rendang Padang Recipes

Material rendang padang:

1 ½ pounds of beef

12 cups of coconut milk 3 eggs coconut

2 seed kandis acid

1 stalk lemongrass, crushed

1 sheet turmeric leaf

2 kaffir lime leaves

salt to taste

puree:

1 ounce of red pepper

15 pieces of red onion

6 cloves garlic

5 pieces of hazelnut

2 cm ginger

3 cm laos (which need not be crushed, pressonly)

How to make:

1. The meat is cut into pieces according to taste.In a frying pan: boil coconut milk with spices plus mashedleaves and sour kandis.

2. Stir constantly until thickened to coconut milk is not broken. If it starts out oil input pieces of meat

3.  Stir constantly over medium heat and cooked until the milk dries. Serve.

Rendang which in thiscooking process takes a long time to coconut milkdry. So you have a little more patience to get satisfactory results fromthis taste RendangPadang. Good luck. ^ _ ^

Ice Oyen: Beverage Typical Indonesia

Ice Oyen is one of the original Indonesian beverage. It is come from Bandung City, West java Province. This beverage is very fresh, sweet and savory. I provide this recipe in order to you can make it by yourself for more health beverage.

 Ingredients:

• Young coconut (already in scrape)
• Avocado
• Small diced ripe jackfruit
• Seaweed
• Pacar china leaves
• Kolang kaling ripe
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Vanilla syrup
• Ice cubes (shaved ice).

How to make Ice Oyen:

1. Prepare a bowl, put the avocado, young coconut, to and fro, seaweed, shaved ice, syrup and vanilla to taste.
2. Arrange pacar china leaves and jackfruit slices on it, last coat with sweetened condensed milk. Serve.

Try it. Very Delicious. ^_^