Musik Patrol Banyuwangi 

Musik patrol (literally "patrol music") is one musical specialty of Banyuwangi, East Java. Young men traditionally play this music while patrolling their neighborhoods during the holy month of Ramadan, waking up their neighbors for the pre-fasting meal called sahur. This kind of music is found all over Java, but in Banyuwangi it takes a special form: bamboo xylophones (angklung), slit drums (katir), huge bamboo "gongs" (gong bambu) and even a PVC pipe flute play the intense rhythms that the area is known for. One such rhythm (listen around 2:00 in the vid) is called "Santana" after the Latin rock band, who it turns out was huge in 1970's Banyuwangi - so much that they made a rhythm mimicking that Latin sound!
Hear and learn more about this fascinating music at the new AA post here: www.auralarchip...