A tifa totobuang is a music ensemble from the Maluku Islands, related to the kulintang orchestra.

[6] Different images and videos of the tifas being played show them drummed with empty hands, with sticks and with a combination of the two.

Jaap Kunst, a musicologist who wrote about Javanese music, said that totobuang was probably another word for bonang which could be used for any instrument played with a hammer.

The Lenso is a dance from Christian areas, backed by tambourines, drums, or tifa totobuang.

[2] The result is a modern product that combines two of the country's separate arts, one music and one dance.