"I'm fallin' in love with you.."🎵🎵 This what I said when I first time stepped my foot here.This placeis so beautiful, windy and calm. It reminds me about someone who has strong passion and spirit to develop, inherit and save the national culture. Andre Juan Michiels, or Om Andre I usually call him. He is the seventh generation of Portuguse in Jakarta. He and his family strive for the sustainability and existence of the traditional music,"Krontjong Toegoe". It is the 'pure native' music from Kampung Tugu, North Jakarta, Indonesia. Once a week, he and his family gather the children around Tugu to learn and exercise the keroncong instrument in a seafront situation like this. *For your information, "Tugu holds a unique place in the history of keroncong. By all accounts, Tugu is also the place where Keroncong 'originated' in Java." (Kornhauser, 1978:17 in Victor Ganap, 2011:5) #KrontjongToegoe #kampungtugu #keroncong #traditionalmusic #jakarta #indonesia #exploreindonesia #marina #sea #seafront #seashore #michiels #portuguese
