Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Javanese musical instrument, consisting of gongs mounted on a frame.
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Basadi ba ikgomotsa ka gore phimola - keledi e borre ba tla e bonang, e tla ba ntsha mo ditlaleng tsa dingwaga-ngwaga.
SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON VIOLET MERUTI, ANC MP DURING THE DEBATE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2004
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The _bonang_ is an instrument with inverted bronze bowls resting on ratans and struck with mallets.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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"When I went to collect it, the security guard at the building told me that he'd heard gamelan music playing late at night when everyone had left," Radzuan said, pointing to bonang and gongs that looked completely normal under the bright lights of his crammed store.
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