Music Traditional Of Ende

Art is taste or feeling that expreed by words, rhyme/song, dance and others to create beautiful things, to interest anyone while seeing or listening something. Art is the part of culture; culture is the social order prevailed in society both in habits, or attitude that sustained hereditary.

As the heirs, we must be proud of for all art cultural heritage remained, in which, all should be protected, conserved and exploited for those interested in.

The kinds of traditional art culture heritage owned by this regency, characterized creativity of locals and all could be seen on their daily activities.

Music :

Music is sound produce by human's voice and music equipments. Traditional art music of Ende Regency could be seen on song/rhyme such as Doja, Nde'o Peo, or Oro bhe'a and sound from music equipments as the rhythm. There are some traditional music's such as :

1. Ground Music : Traditional Music where people repeatedly jerk their feet at ground as the rhythm. it could be seem on Gawi/ Naro or Todo Pare dances.
2. Stone Music : Traditional Music where people used stone as the rhythm to accompany the song 'O lea' while stepping corn.
3. Nggeri Nggo : The tools af this music made from bamboo. This kind of music usually played on running Nainuwa ( circumcision ) ritual.
4. Nggo Dhengi/Nggo Bhonga : The tool of music made froom seven pieces of wood (wae/dena wood ) and tied with rope. This music usually plays on leisure time or accompanies the traditional dances.
5. Gaku : The tools of this music made from bamboo. This ussualy played on when people Dowe Dera ritual. it functions to as the sound tool on Ele seda and scare row on the farm
6. Geko : This is not included music equipment, because it usually used for scare row. Geko made of ba,boo joints formed like and arch. Itequipped by net too. Under of its end edge connected with rope and stem af areca nut. This equipment would make sound if blowing by wind. it usually hanged on bamboo mast or branch of tree.
7. Gobi: Gobi is kind of music equipment which made from thin bamboo blade. Two end of its edge tied on thread, to produce sound bamboo squezee on teeth then pull out the thread.
8. Sato : This is included the stringed instrument formed like a violin which made of Bila friut or coconut shell and equipped by handle, string from fiber or lema mori leaves or aloe and sap of canary tree. The string madelike a small arch.
9. Nggo Lamba/ wani : Nggo wani/ lamba music consists of lamba / wani, nggo, deri. Lamba/Wani The tool of this music made of bark of jackfruit tree or coconut tree that perforated on mid part of it. On the bottom of thehole hold with bamboo blade and chicken and covered by leather of cow. There is lamba/ wani made from human skin in Wologai - Detusoko with the heater from coarse grass. Lamba / wani consist of two kinds: Lamba ine and lamba ana. Lamba/wani ana is smaller than lamba ine. Nggo. Nggo/gong made from brass or iron, formed circled with hump on mid part of it. Nggo consist of three kinds : 1.Nggo dhengi dho, 2.Nggo senawa, 3.Nggo demu/ bass. Deri. Deri is the complement music tool of nggo lamba/wani. Deri made of a piece of brass or bamboo
10. Feko/flute : Feko / flute made of bamboo, (wulu/bela).Feko composed on some kinds: 1. Feko nangi usually play on mid night with lament tone. 2. Feko bu usually is played on improvisation violin tone accompanied with drums. Feko bu also named flute of shepherd. 3. Feko redho is usually played to accompany wedding or others rituals affairs. 4. Feko ria is usually played on group harmonically in mars rhythm on wedding ceremony or in other formal ceremonies. 5. Feko pupu appeared in unique shaped like pump and to play it by moving those bamboos up and down to produce bass tone. 6. Genda/albana made of bark of coconut tree and leather from goat. it shaped like cooking pot on its surface. in its composition, genda composed on three kinds: 7. Genda redhu, appearedin small size with two genda. 8. Genda wasa, appeared in medium size with two genda. 8.Genda large size with one genda Genda jedhu,apperead in/ albana music is usally formed compound with flute and song to accompany wanda pau dances in a wedding or circumcision rituals.