Angklung music festival planned

Angklung music festival planned

The City Education Office plans to hold an angklung music
festival as part of efforts to popularize the traditional music
among elementary school students .

The festival will be held at the Jakarta Play House today.

Forty-five students from 26 elementary schools in the city,
under the guidance of conductor Obby AR, will take part in the
festival which is scheduled to last an hour and half.

Angklung, which hails from Java, used to be popular music
among youth. Lately, however, this music has been overshadowed by
the influx of foreign popular music.(has)