Dangdut

Dangdut is one of the genre of Indonesian music that contains elements of classical Hindustani music or Indian , Malay , and Arabic . This musical form rooted in the basic beginning of Qasidah carried by incoming Islam Nusantara years 635 - 1600 and Gambus brought about by the migration of Arabs in 1870 - after 1888 , then transformed as Gambus Music in 1930 by the Arab - Indonesian named Shaykh Albar , subsequently emerged as Malay music Deli in 1940 by Hussein Bawafie , and the 1950 Latin American musical influences and is influenced 1958 music India through Bollywood films by Ellya wage earner with Indian Dolls song , and the last born in 1968 as dangdut Rhoma Irama with the main character . In the evolution to contemporary forms are now entering the influence of Indian music elements ( mainly from the use of tabla ) and Arabic ( on crooked and harmonization ) . Changes in current Indonesian politics in the late 1960s opened the influence of western music with the inclusion of the use of strong electric guitar and also forms of marketing. Since the 1970s virtually dangdut has matured in a contemporary form . As popular music , dangdut very open to influences of other musical forms , ranging from keroncong , style, gamelan , harp , rock , pop , and even house music