Gending Rare: Children's Songs and Games from Bali

This superb and delightful collection of children's folk songs and games from Bali is perfect for elementary classrooms exploring cultural traditions from around the world. The Indonesian island of Bali is explored through songs and games which are authentic and artwork that is breathtaking.

The collection includes:

• An introductory booklet containing a colorful map of Bali with a description of the island, its people, and their culture; a guide to reading titilaras nding-ndong notation (the notation system used in Bali); and a pedagogical guide for creating lesson plans
• 13 song booklets: Ten for songs with games and three for songs without games, with beautifully illustrated covers by Balinese artists; a description of each song and how it is related to daily life in Bali; a description of how to play the game; the song notated in titilaras nding-ndong notation; the lyrics in Basa Bali (the language spoken in Bali) and a transliteration in English
• An instrumental arrangement of each song, notated in Western notation, which can be performed on gamelan or on classroom Orff instruments
• A build-your-own shadow-puppet kit containing three puppets (Arjuna, Krishna, and the Kayon) that you can color, cut out, and assemble on your own
• Access to multimedia including high-definition videos of Balinese children playing the games, singing the songs, and pronouncing the lyrics; audio recordings of gamelan; and photographs of Bali