Kom je uit Nederland? Thanks and Yes Vimeo upgrades old DV into HDV! Wonderful! :-)

Uit de voormalig Ned oost indie.

Jan, what do you mean by Vimeo translating DV to HDV? Did you not render your DV video to 720p using your NLE first? In that case your editor does the conversion (with pillar box and all). The question is then: is there any benefit for doing that? Because HD uses higher bandwidth but your video is still at SD resolution.

Yes I rendered to 720p 29,9 fr/s. Did a test and looks nicer to me!

You woke me up from hibernation stw254. Hahaha. Nggak papa deh! ;) But you're right about the nursery rhyme. It does sing about the Cuckatoo. But in its purest Sunda origin 'kakek', means 'old man'. Where as 'kakak' in Bahasa Indonesia is 'older brother'. More about this in a bit. Grab a coffee... Let Mr Audio clear angklung's history.

That lyric in Indonesian goes like this:

Burung kakak tua
Hinggap di jendela
Nenek sudah tua
Giginya tinggal dua

Letrum letrum letrum mulala (3x)
Burung kakak tuaaaa!!!

Translated :

Old man's bird / Cockatoo
Its perched on my window
Grandma is now old
She's only two teeth left

Letrum letrum letrum mulala (3x)
Old man's biiiird!!!! / Cockatoooo!!

:) Don't we just love simplicity and silliness of nursery rhymes?

Born between Indonesia and Malaysia, and raised as a Javanese, I feel sad to hear the battle between the two regions. Its obvious both wants to profit solely from future instrument sales and copyrights. But it would be a hard one for Malaysia to win if its based on origin.

Genuine good angklungs are still being handmade and exported from Saung Angklung Udjo, Bandung. The word 'angka' (note) 'lung' (irregular) itself is of Balinese origin. Bali here falls into Lesser Sunda Island group.

I remember grandma playing it to me while I was a child. She's from West Java, the true origin of Angklung which is from the Sunda Islands. Saung Angklung Udjo has chronicles true to the origin of an angklung's evolution. Daeng's angklung transforms the pentatonic instrument to a diatonic note scale instrument, which enables it to play plethora of modern songs. Had it not been done in 1937 by Daeng Soetigna, it would have to stay in melodies limited to that of a Gamelan. Simply looking at the build of an angklung, its easy to relate it to other instruments built in that same region. Think shadow puppets, think gamelan, think of percussive instrument. They are definitely not of Malay Peninsula traits but Indonesia.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/id/2/2b/Angklung.jpg

To make history even more colorful, you can hear the angklung's journey not just into Malaysia and bigger SE Asia but throughout Europe. In Holland, its played religiously during Indonesian events. Thanks to the colonization era that brought some of its 'servants' and influence back into Europe. An angklungs journey has just begun.

And as for the word 'jendela' in the song above, its of Portuguese origin. Yet another fact based on Java's spice history with Portugal.

I'd like to leave this lengthy comment with a Sundanese original verse of this lyric sang by my late grandma. I'll patent that!

Manuk kakek tuek
Menclok neng jendelo
Mbah wedok wes tuek
Untune kerek loro.

Letrum letrum letrum mulala (3x)
Manuk kakek tueeeeeek.

THANKS FOR POSTING MY ROOTS JAN!!
Hope I helped stw254! ; )

Further reads:
angklung-udjo.co.id/

Bedankt, rastAsia! Kakak vs kakek reminds me of this tongue twister: Kuku kaki koki kakak kakekku kaku kaku (for others: The toe-nails of the foot of my grandpa's brother are brittle).

Thanks also for the history of angklung. I did not know that it came from the word angka, which also means numbers (since notes are represented by numbers as in 3 3 4 5, it can also mean notes). I have to checkout the links you gave.

What a rich cultural overview you gave. Recently I went pass a Portuguese church in Boston and on the 'jendela' it says 'gereja.' A few days ago I looked up on Wiki the origin of "kroncong" with the cuk and cak ukeleles. You can probably write another page about that. Is Tante Lien still popular?

Free MP3: imeem.com/people/VJXr_h/music/c-X8hyP1/burung_kakak_tuamp3/

Thank you and for your I Like, Yes its so special to Indonesia we like to go again. This time with our HD cams and better sound recordings.

Thank you and for your "I Like"

Yes I'm opening my museum. Every week I want to put some new oldies to Vimeo. Nice for back-up in 1280x720 and show the world. So happy with Vimeo!!!

Thank you Kin but; "In a little....." what?

lol in a little indonesian school lol xD

Read Professor Anklung Rastasia long story up above.

Hey kin, were you Obama's classmate?

haha i wish i went to skool with Obama xD, im too young :P, and too Professor Rastasia, WOW! i never knew burung kaka tua had that sort of history behind it lol =D

I think they are no longer allowed to call it an Indonesian instrument or may be forbidden to export the instruments from Indonesia. (?)

Read Professor Anklung Rastasia long story up above.

I have but I think the language is unclear as to what being classified as Malay bamboo will do. I can't tell if he's saying that it can't be sold since many people want it? Or if somehow they will take their instruments away or what...really. I just can't figure it out.

I think it is purely a regional pride thing. For a patent to be considered, you have to demonstrate that there is no prior art to the invention. No danger to that whatsoever :-)

Read Professor Anklung Rastasia long story up above.

Yes its MBL! Thank you Santo!

Thankx monso