Karawitan
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Karawitan is a general term for music and singing associated with the gamelan of Java.
The word dervies from the Javanese word of Sanskrit origin, rawit, which refers to the smooth, elegant sense idealised in Javanese music. Another word from this root, pangrawit, means a person with that sense, and is used as an honorific when discussing esteemed gamelan musicians.
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