Video: Playing Balinese Gender Wayang at a Ceremony
Submitted by Meghan Hynson on December 17, 2011 - 8:06pm
Meghan Hynson holds an MA in ethnomusicology from UCLA and is currently studying at ISI Denpasar (the Balinese Arts University) under a fellowship from the Indonesian Ministry of Education. In this video, she participates in a ceremony playing the Balinese Gender Wayang.
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