Editing Southeast Asia (section)

====Music====
{{Main|Music of Southeast Asia}}

[[File:Angklung-arumba.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[angklung]]'', designated as a [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity|Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity]]]]

Traditional music in Southeast Asia is as varied as its many ethnic and cultural divisions. The main styles of traditional music include court music, folk music, music styles of smaller ethnic groups, and music influenced by genres outside the geographic region.

Of the court and folk genres, [[gong chime]] ensembles and orchestras make up the majority (the exception being lowland areas of Vietnam). ''[[Gamelan]]'' and ''[[angklung]]'' orchestras from ''[[Indonesia]]''; ''[[piphat]]'' and ''[[pinpeat]]'' ensembles of Thailand and Cambodia; and the ''[[kulintang]]'' ensembles of the southern Philippines, [[Borneo]], [[Sulawesi]] and [[Timor]] are the three main distinct styles of musical genres that have influenced other traditional musical styles in the region. String instruments are also popular in the region.

On 18 November 2010, UNESCO officially recognised the ''angklung'' as a ''Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity'', and encouraged the Indonesian people and government to safeguard, transmit, promote performances and to encourage the craftsmanship of ''angklung'' making.