Song from my hometown

Posted by Dart_Leonhart on 8:35 PM

hello guys, today I got a task from my teacher in ICEE. She asked us to write down a famous Indonesia traditional song, but I'm confuse right now because Indonesia have so many traditional songs from "Sabang" until "Marauke"they have they own traditional song.....But, it's okay I will try to write down a traditional song from my own province, Palembang, South Sumatera it's called "gending Sriwijaya". This song is shown up whenPalembang is still a kingdom called "Sriwijaya Kingdom" this song is a sacred song and only be used to greet a visitor from the outside. When Palembang born this song only be used to welcome a guest from other province or other country. But, nowadays this song always been used in wedding ceremony. Okay I think I only know a little about this traditional song. So,here is the lyrics :


"Gending Sriwijaya"
Di kala ku merindukan keluhuran dulu kala
Kutembangkan nyanyian lagu Gending Sriwijaya
Dalam seni kunikmat lagi bahagia Indonesia
Kuciptakan kembali dari kandungan Sang Maha Kala
Sriwijaya dengan Asrama Agung Sang Maha Guru
Tutur sabda Dharmapala sakya Khirti dharma khirti
Berkumandang dari puncaknya Siguntang Maha Meru
Menaburkan tuntunan suci Gautama Buddha sakti.


Borobudur candi pusaka di jaman Sriwijaya
Saksi luhur berdiri teguh kokoh sepanjang masa
Memahsyurkan Indonesia di daratan se-Asia
Melambangkan keagungan sejarah Nusa dan Bangsa
Taman Sari berjenjangkan emas perlak Sri Kesitra
Dengan kalam pualam bagai di Sorga Indralaya
Taman puji keturunan Maharaja Syailendra
Mendengarkan iramanya lagu Gending Sriwijaya.
If you want to hear the song, here I put the video bellow :
and, here is the traditional dance using gending sriwijaya song :
(sorry it takes a long time before the dancing because the presenters tell the history of this song and dancing first before it's start. I hope you will enjoy it...^^ )



Dart_leonhart

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