Indonesia music culture is like keroncong that use ukulele as main instruments. There is sasando from East Nusa Tenggara and angklung from West Java, and many more.
Talk about Indonesian dance culture, over the last few years, Saman from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has become more popular and is often portrayed on TV. Reog Ponorogo is also a dance that originated from Ponorogo district, East Java, which is a visualization of the story Wengker legendary kingdom and the kingdom of Kediri. A popular line dance called Poco-poco from Indonesia and also popular in Malaysia, but in early April 2011 Malaysian Muslim clerics ban poco-poco dance for Muslims because they believe it is a Christian and that traditional dance steps that make a mark cross.
About Indonesian sculpture, Indonesia has a long history of stone, bronze and iron age art. Megalithic statues can be found in various archaeological sites in Sumatra, Java to Sulawesi. Indonesian native tribes have their own distinct style of tribal sculpture, usually made to describe the ancestors, gods and animals.
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