Bedug diameter 100 cm

Marwas is a kind of music instrument which is belongs to the rhythm group or percussion. It is like ‘gendang’ but the size is smaller than the usual gendang. It is made from goat’s skin, jackfruit wood, and rattan. To play it, it is not far different to the other rhythm music instruments. Hitting by the player’s hand is the way to result voice from this instrument.

Marwas is one of the Zapin dance music. In the Zapin dance, marwas has the main function to keep the rhythm and speed of the dance. If the player does not play it well, so the dance will not be good. It is a must for marwas player to play stable to save the performance.

Marwas is one of the Indonesian heritages. Beside Zapin dance, it is used in singing group. It is usually performed in Islamic ceremonial and used as one of the way to thank to God. The lyric is also contains pray and praise to God. If you want to get the instrument, it is not easy to choose the best one. Sometimes the material is not originally from woods or goat’s skin. But you are in the right place because we will direct you to order the original one here.