ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ketjak

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ketjak is a noun meaning A form of Balinese musical drama featuring rhythmic, percussive chanting.

Meaning

A form of Balinese musical drama featuring rhythmic, percussive chanting.

Example Sentences

1999: An innovation on Mule Variations is the employment of a turntable artist, who as it turns out is so discrete you hardly notice, except on “Eyeball Kid”, which makes brilliantly apposite use of a sampled gospel choir and Balinese ketjak chanters — Luc Sante, Village Voice 12 May 1999 (Innocent When You Dream, Orion 2006, p. 250)

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kecak, kotekan, kendhang, kemanak, joget, jegog.

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