gamelan
noun
gam·elan
ˈga-mə-ˌlan 
-ˌlän
: an Indonesian orchestra made up especially of percussion instruments (such as gongs, xylophones, and drums)
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The meal was made more captivating by traditional Balinese entertainment, which included dance practice for young local girls, their instructor, and a small gamelan orchestra.
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Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
At Puri Saren Palace, dancers in gilded headdresses flick delicate wrists to the hypnotic clang of gamelan—a traditional Indonesian orchestra of gongs, metallophones, and bamboo flutes.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Her voice sounds pure and soft over a tangle of synthesizers, gamelan, harp, and drum machine.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
The collection includes a traditional gamelan ensemble, a 19th-century star calendar used to predict destinies and a pair of 17th-century celestial maidens intricately carved from pink volcanic tuff stone.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
At Puri Saren Palace, dancers in gilded headdresses flick delicate wrists to the hypnotic clang of gamelan—a traditional Indonesian orchestra of gongs, metallophones, and bamboo flutes.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Her voice sounds pure and soft over a tangle of synthesizers, gamelan, harp, and drum machine.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
The collection includes a traditional gamelan ensemble, a 19th-century star calendar used to predict destinies and a pair of 17th-century celestial maidens intricately carved from pink volcanic tuff stone.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gamelan
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“Gamelan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamelan. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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