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Kid Songs and Rhymes of
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Bahasa Indonesia

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I am a Captain   MP3 Midi
My Balloons   MP3 Midi  
When I Wake Up   MP3 Midi  
Father Jacob   Midi
Little Stars (Nursery Rhyme)  MP3 Midi  
The Owl   MP3 Midi  
The Cockatoo   MP3 Midi  
A Thrush (Bird)   MP3 Midi  
Where Is Thumbkin? (Finger Play)
I Have Two Eyes   MP3 Midi  
Hallo Hallo Bandung (Patriotic Song)  MP3 Midi  
The Finger Song (Finger Play)
Remember (Rhyme)
Steam Ship (Nursery Rhyme)  Midi
My Cat   Midi  
My Three Cats   Midi  
I See the Clouds, as White as Cotton (Nursery Rhyme)  MP3 Midi  
Carefree Kangkung (Folk Song)
Look at My Garden (Nursery Rhyme)  MP3 Midi
Lullaby (Lullaby)  Midi
Lullaby (Lullaby) Midi  
Long is His/Her Age (Birthday Song)  
Rainbow, Rainbow   MP3 Midi  
Clap, Clap Your Hands (Pat-a-cake Song) MP3  
Cut the Swan Duck   MP3 Midi  
One and One   MP3 Midi  
Happy Birthday (Birthday Song)  Midi
Lullaby, Lullaby (Lullaby)  Midi
Clap, Clap Your Hands (Hand Clapping Song)  MP3 Midi
My Hat Is Round MP3 Midi  

Javanese

English

Put in the Earring (Children's Song Game)  
Lelo ledung (Lullaby) MP3
Lir-ilir (Lullaby) MP3

Minangkabau

English

Homeland So Far Away (Traditional Song)  Midi  

Sundanese

English

Toraja

English

 
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Indonesia:
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    Linda Nataprawira wrote from Indonesia: Mother’s day = "onde" day December 22nd is Mother’s Day in Indonesia.  In indo-chinese tradition, we always make "onde" on that day too. They’re made of glutinous flour and filled with peanuts & sugar inside. The taste is sweet. Onde is also called onde-onde.  Sometimes it’s served in... Read more »
  • Here’s a short video about different sounds instruments make from around the world... Enjoy! Mama Lisa Read more »
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    Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages. Here are some of the languages you can find links for… Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,... Read more »
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    We take a lot of hikes and recently we’ve been coming upon arrangements of stones stacked on top of each other like those in the photo.  I couldn’t help but wonder if there’s a significance to these sculptures? My cousin, James Yannucci, who has travelled all over Asia and lives in China saw my photo and... Read more »
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    Wayang puppets are from Indonesia.  They’re used in shadow puppet theater that’s also called Wayang.  Wayang refers to both the puppets and the type of shadow puppet theater. Here’s a video about Wayang Puppet Theater… Video about Wayang Puppet Theater The photo below shows antique wayangs owned by Purabi Khisa. Purabi wrote, "My wayangs… So far as I remember,... Read more »
  • April 1st is April Fools Day which means that in the US, France and elsewhere around the world, people will be playing pranks on each other.  I was pleased and surprised to learn that it’s also celebrated in Indonesia and Bangladesh!  Linda N. wrote from Indonesia… "The same in Indonesia, we call it April Mop. Many... Read more »
  • Lin wrote to me about Valentine’s Day traditions for both adults and kids in Indonesia. Here’s what she wrote: Lisa, Valentine’s Day is well known here in Indonesia in big cities, many events are held (between February 14 - 28/29) usually having Valentine’s themes. We call Valentine Day Hari Kasih Sayang (Love/Caring Day). We usually celebrate... Read more »
  • Zee Avi is a wonderful singer from Malay.  She sings in both Malay and English.  Below is a video of a medley she created using English and Malay lullabies.  Here’s what she wrote about it… Some of my favourite lullabies that were sung to me by my mother and grandmother when i was a little one... Read more »
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    Dedy Dowo sent me this photo of young Indonesians dressed for a traditional dance. Dedy said: "They do a dance of traditional java that’s called Jaranan or Jatilan (Horse dance)." I asked if it was performed for any specific event and Dedy wrote: "Yes it is, usually in a traditional ceremony or to celebrate a birthday... Read more »
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    Dedy Dowo sent me these lovely photos of children in Indonesia!              Many thanks to Dedy Dowo and all the children and their families for sharing these photos! Read more »

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