In this photograph taken on June 13, 2012, a dangdut singer, center, performs along a street in Jakarta. The coarse lyrics and provocative dance moves of Indonesian dangdut music have rubbed ...

A melting pot of cultures, Indonesia is very fortunate to be blessed with a mix of Melayu, Indian, Arab, Chinese and European music, now known as dangdut. The popularity of the genre has reached far ...

Dangdut singer Julia Perez gyrating to her popular song on TV show Dahsyat Pounding music sent vibrations through the car seat as we approached the grand stage in the small East Jakarta neighbourhood.

MALANG, Indonesia -- The origins of Indonesia's dangdut folk music may be disputed, but its emergence in the West Java city of Bandung in the 1970s is widely accepted. The term -- an onomatopoeic nod ...

Sun, June 27, 2021 Published on Jun. 26, 2021 Published on 2021-06-26T00:05:10+07:00 magine if iconic world music was internationally recognized as intangible cultural heritage. The United States has ...

A celebrated singer in Malaysia and Singapore, Zaleha Hamid was recognised as one of the pioneers of dangdut music. Photo: Filepic Malaysian singer Zaleha Hamid, who rose to fame in the 1980s, died ...

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. Dangdut singer Siti Zaleha Abdul Hamid, who rose to fame in the 80s, succumbed to a lung ...