| Abstract: |
This paper will concentrate on musical instruments. In Java and Bali, some musical instruments practiced today can be traced to their prototype, at least in the Ancient Java period. A reconstruction of certain musical instruments of Ancient Java may be referring to stone or metal inscriptions, reliefs and manuscripts. However the discussion of a traditional music culture in Java and Bali can hardly be separated from the history of the ancient migratory waves, their religion and the Hindu culture influences. The ancient migrant brought their own musical instruments. Religions might have been the basis for the musical theory. With the influence of the Hindu culture we face another question: what forces form a musical culture and lead it from a prehistory stage to the Ancient Java level? There are two such forces: influence from outside (diffusion) and change within.
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