Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine October 2014 | Page 146

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© Aditya Saputra

It is customary to wear a ti’i langga
while playing sasando.
A newly completed sasando sits in
a traditional handicrafts workshop.
The strings are drawn taut across
a tubular bamboo base and plucked
like a harp.

5 Senses – Sound
SASANDO
What does paradise sound
like? I’m convinced it sounds
like a sasando. Comprising up
to 56 strings (with 28-string,
32-string and 42-string variants)
drawn t