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  2. Angklung - Wikipedia

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    Angklung gabrag is an angklung originating from Cipinang village, Cigudeg, Bogor, West Java. This angklung is very old and is used to honor the goddess of rice, Dewi Sri. Angklung is played during melak pare (rice planting), ngunjal pare (transporting rice), and ngadiukeun (storage) in the leuit (barn).

  3. Empress Yang (Song dynasty) - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Yang had her adopted brother, Yang Cishan, promoted to a high military position, which increased her political power even more. Following the Jin-Song war of 1205-07, which ended in a stalemate, Yang was able to increase her support, while Han Touzhou, whose militaristic policies had caused the conflict for no real return, had ...

  4. Music of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Angklung performance. Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a distinctive resonant pitch when being vibrated. Each angklung only plays one note. [14] This musical instrument made of bamboo is played by ...

  5. Yang Manchun - Wikipedia

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    Yang Manchun is the name given to the Goguryeo commander of Ansi-Seong Fortress in the 640s. Ansi Fortress was located on the Goguryeo– Tang border, probably present-day Haicheng . Yang is sometimes credited with saving the kingdom by his successful defense against Tang Taizong .

  6. Youth Pledge - Wikipedia

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    The youth pledge text. The Youth Pledge (Indonesian: Sumpah Pemuda, lit. ' Youth Oath '), officially titled as Decision of the Congress of Indonesian Youth (van Ophuijsen spelling Indonesian: Poetoesan Congres Pemoeda-pemoeda Indonesia) is the pledge made by young Indonesians since 28 October 1928, which defined the identity of Indonesians.

  7. Yang Xiuqing - Wikipedia

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    Yang Xiuqing's family were farmers from Xincun near Jintian, Guangxi, but he lost his parents at a young age. [1] According to imperial reports, Yang was a charcoal burner with some education who later organized a convoy system used to protect merchandise that was being transported through the area from bandits. [2]

  8. Ki Hajar Dewantara - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Ki Hadjar Dewantara in front of Sekolah Tamansiswa. Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat (EYD: Suwardi Suryaningrat); from 1922 also known as Ki Hadjar Dewantara (EYD: Ki Hajar Dewantara), which is also written as Ki Hajar Dewantoro to reflect its Javanese pronunciation (2 May 1889 in Pakualaman – 26 April 1959 in Yogyakarta), was a leading Indonesian independence movement activist ...

  9. Kutai - Wikipedia

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    Kutai is a historical region in what is now the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.The region shares its name with the native ethnic group of the region (known as Urang Kutai 'the Kutai people'), with a total population around 300,000, who have their own language known as the Kutainese language which accompanies their own rich history.