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Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia

This article uses the case of True Direction to explore the development and performance of Buddhist music in contemporary Indonesia. I argue that although True Direction’s music in many ways resembles contemporary Christian music, the organization does not produce contemporary Buddhist songs—or “Bud...

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Gepubliceerd in:	URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel,
Hoofdauteur:	Chia , Jack Meng-Tat
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Gepubliceerd in:	Archipel 2020
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_2131 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.2131 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.2131 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/2131 2020-12-02T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1ym https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Chia , Jack Meng-Tat This article uses the case of True Direction to explore the development and performance of Buddhist music in contemporary Indonesia. I argue that although True Direction’s music in many ways resembles contemporary Christian music, the organization does not produce contemporary Buddhist songs—or “Buddhist rock” as I call this form of religious music—to replace Buddhist devotional practices with Christian-style worship service. While Irvyn Wongso and his colleagues, like their Christian counterparts, rely on religious rock music as an evangelical tool to attract a younger audience, they consider contemporary Buddhist music as complementary, rather than alternative, to existing Buddhist devotional practices. This study reveals that Indonesian Buddhists are “local geniuses” in the selective adaptation of popular music to present Buddhist doctrine and attract young followers in contemporary Indonesian society. C’est à travers True Direction que cet article explore le développement et les spectacles de musique bouddhique dans l’Indonésie contemporaine. Mon analyse suggère que si la musique de True Direction ressemble à bien des égards à la musique chrétienne contemporaine, le groupe ne produit pas de chansons bouddhiques contemporaines – ou de « rock bouddhique », comme j’appelle cette forme de musique religieuse – pour remplacer les pratiques de dévotion bouddhiques par un service de culte de style chrétien. Si Irvyn Wongso et ses collègues, comme leurs homologues chrétiens, s’appuient sur la musique rock religieuse comme outil évangélique pour attirer un public plus jeune, ils considèrent la musique bouddhique contemporaine comme un complément, plutôt qu’une alternative, aux pratiques de dévotion bouddhiques existantes. Cette étude révèle que les bouddhistes indonésiens sont des « génies locaux » en ce qui concerne l’adaptation sélective de la musique populaire pour présenter la doctrine bouddhique et attirer de jeunes adeptes dans la société indonésienne contemporaine
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description	This article uses the case of True Direction to explore the development and performance of Buddhist music in contemporary Indonesia. I argue that although True Direction’s music in many ways resembles contemporary Christian music, the organization does not produce contemporary Buddhist songs—or “Buddhist rock” as I call this form of religious music—to replace Buddhist devotional practices with Christian-style worship service. While Irvyn Wongso and his colleagues, like their Christian counterparts, rely on religious rock music as an evangelical tool to attract a younger audience, they consider contemporary Buddhist music as complementary, rather than alternative, to existing Buddhist devotional practices. This study reveals that Indonesian Buddhists are “local geniuses” in the selective adaptation of popular music to present Buddhist doctrine and attract young followers in contemporary Indonesian society.
author	Chia , Jack Meng-Tat
spellingShingle	Chia , Jack Meng-Tat Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
author_facet	Chia , Jack Meng-Tat
author_sort	Chia , Jack Meng-Tat
title	Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
title_short	Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
title_full	Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
title_fullStr	Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia
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Singing to Buddha: The Case of a Buddhist Rock Band in Contemporary Indonesia

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