Kroncong

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Keroncong or Kroncong (from Javanese ꦏꦼꦫꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦕꦺꦴꦁ, keroncong 'rumble', Javanese pronunciation: [kəˈrɔnt͡ʃɔŋ]; Javindo: krontjong) refers to both a specific Cak–Cuk, a ukulele-like Javanese instrument, and a unique classical colonial Java and Eastern Indonesian (particularly Maluku and eastern East Nusa Tenggara) musical genre that evolved and first developed in Java Island, especially at the Java port cities of Sunda Kelapa in Greater Jakarta, Semarang and Surakarta in Central Java, as well as Surabaya in East Java, dates back to at least 16th century.

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