Keroncong music is believed to have originated in the 16th century when Portuguese sailors brought European instruments and musical styles to Indonesia.

Rather than plucking them, they strummed the instruments, creating the ' crong, crong' sound that gave the genre its onomatopoeic name, keroncong.

'Keroncong' with American flavor - Art & Culture - The Jakarta PostHailing from Richmond, Virginia, the Rumput ensemble is a collective of diversely skilled musicians who came together to play the ...

Keroncong is usually produced by an ensemble of various string instruments — cak and cuk (ukulele-like instruments), a guitar, cello, violin and string bass — and a flute.

Traditional music genres, keroncong and ghazal, to be given a new twist at Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra concert ...