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Talempong is a traditional musical instrument of the Minangkabau people of Western Sumatra, Indonesia.The talempong produce a static texture consisting of interlocking rhythms.
The tifa, tiwa or tiva is a single-headed goblet drum used throughout the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia, where it is traditionally the "dominant instrument" in Maluku province music. [1]
'A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World'; Italian: Carta Geografica Completa di tutti i Regni del Mondo, "Complete Geographical Map of all the Kingdoms of the World"), printed by Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci at the request by Wanli Emperor in 1602, is the first known European-styled Chinese world map (and the first Chinese map to ...
Depictions of sapeh exist in carvings and bas-relief panels found in ancient temples of Java dating back to the early 8th century. According to native Kalimantan manuscripts and inscriptions (mainly found in Banjar and Kutai Kertanegara), these string-based musical instrument originated in the eastern region of the island of Java and were introduced to the southern and eastern coastal regions ...
Map showing Tamaqua at the confluence of the Schuylkill River with Tamaqua Gap, which separates Nesquehoning Mountain to the east and Sharp Mountain across the gap to the west. Tamaqua (/ t ə ˈ m ɑː k w ə /, Delaware: tëmakwe) [5] is a borough in eastern Schuylkill County in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, United States.
Jerusalem on the Madaba Map. The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan.. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert.
1934 Bethesda Mission acquires building at 611 Reily Street from the PA Railroad YMCA. 1937 Hershey strike put down. The trolley company changed to Harrisburg Railways Company and remained in use until 1973. [6] 1938 All remaining trolley lines on west shore abandoned. [6] 1939 July 16: Buses replace trolleys in Harrisburg.
Aru (كراجأن ارو; or Haru) was a major Sumatran kingdom from the 13th to the 16th century. It was located on the eastern coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia.In its heyday the kingdom was a formidable maritime power, and was able to control the northern part of the Malacca strait.