Gendang beleq

Gendang beleq is a dance and music performance from Lombok island, Indonesia.

The ensemble for gendang beleq performance consists of main players with of two (occasionally four)[3][4] large drums, beaten on the right hand with a mallet.

Today however the maximum size of the drum section is 6 to 14 drummers, depending on the group or ensemble.

They are followed by players using a gong, a traditional flute (suling), some hand-held kettle-gongs (similar with bonang), today shoulder mounted, and many cymbalists (Ceng-Ceng).

[5][6] The size of the ensemble is usually 12–19 persons, with three people to carry and play the heavy gong and a loudspeaker carrier.

Gendang beleq can be performed during life-cycle ceremonies, such as celebration of birth, circumcision, wedding and funeral.

The big drum ( gendang beleq ) musicians, the main players in the ensemble.
The accompanying gong beleg players.
Gendang beleq performance during colonial era . ca. 1934.