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What
is
Waka Tangga?
Waka Tangga
is
an
experience for your head, your heart, and your soul
Waka Tangga
is a musical and artistic journey to be enjoyed by those who create,
listen, feel and see. This movement is intended to bring a sense of calm
to the world through artistic expression and creative thinking.
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The sights and
sounds heard here and in
Waka Tangga
performances are intended to provoke a positive change within the
musicians, the listeners and the watchers. That change can mean many
things to different people, so be open to many possibilities, but expect
nothing.
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Waka Tangga
hopes to help aid this natural movement towards a better sense of
understanding of the world we live in and within ourselves. It is our
hopes to help create a more peaceful and sustainable physical and
spiritual environment for our planet and the humans that live with her.
We hope you enjoy and perhaps become part of our efforts.
Warmly,
Waka Tangga
"In 2000 on my way to Australia, I
stopped for two weeks in Bali. While I was there I discovered a part
of my soul that changed my view of the world. Waka Tangga which is a
traditional spiritual trek up a mountain to five Balinese temples. |
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It was here that I had the
calling to put together Waka Tangga which translates from the Balinese
language as "The journey".
Inspired by this vision, in 2001
Waka Tangga was formed by Pete Onofrio and Colin Benn in the attempts to
bridge the gap between world and classical music. It is being called
"Dub-Fusion".
"We are all on a
journey of our own. We hope to make that journey more meaningful for
you."
--Pete Onofrio |
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Our
world is rapidly headed in very different directions, some are good
directions, and others are not. Many people have ideas on how these
changes should go. It seems that only the few have the ability to change
the direction of our outcome as a society, a race. Politicians, government
officials, world leaders, those with the biggest armies and the like seem
to be the only people to force significant change, but not us. Our voices
seem to get lost in the veritable sea of many. |
Tim Sway
www.greeninside.com |
People
want to be heard, they want to feel like they are contributing to the
bigger causes, as they should. We all want to feel and be part of the
whole, the bigger picture. One thing we have found that all people have
in common, no matter what race, creed or religion, nor the color of your
skin, is music. One of the main facilitators of change in this world, and
it is within all of us, dormant or awake, is music. We here at
Didgequest & Waka Tangga want to help facilitate positive change in
this world through musical expression.
Petition for Sponsorship
Waka Tangga is in the process of designing a recording studio that
caters to global musicians, artist and world thinkers. A place that is a
catalyst for much needed change on our ailing planet. A virtual hub of
creation that can light the fuse to a series passive explosions that will
transform our space into the positive reality many of us want and need to
see.
Through
music and sound people are able to proactively express themselves, their
ideas and thoughts in ways words can't. People for thousands of years
have naturally come together and gather for musical _expression and
sharing. In order to cope with the ever-changing times and to be able to
find peaceful alternatives solutions to our problems, we feel music and
artistic expression is one of the best ways to forge a movement in that
positive direction. To be part of the solutions, and are interested
in helping in any way contact us at
discoverbluestar@comcast.net
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The
directions of change will naturally come when the facility is in place.
"Build it and they will come". We have seen this phenomenon happen time
and time again in our current recording studio. We have recorded with
many influential people, institutions and school systems that want to work
with this idea. Many global musicians including University of Hartford,
Yale University and the Peabody Museum to name a few. We now feel it is
time to grow and make significant changes to the way we look at music and
our world. Change is imminent; we have no choice, which direction we grow
or change into is within our grasp.
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Pete
with friends and fellow musicians Abu Alvin Carter Percussionist and
Charley Kulinski Didgeridoo Player |
Didgequest & Waka Tangga wants
to help facilitate that change by helping people with voices and ideas
become part of the larger more caring picture. |
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Ponder This.... |
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There is a Zen
story in which two monks are looking at a flag that is waving in the wind.
The first one says, " The flag is waving." The second one says, "No, the
wind is moving." Their teacher comes over and the pose him the question.
"Who's right? I say the flag is moving. He says the wind is moving." The
teacher says, "You are both wrong. Only consciousness is moving. As
consciousness moves, it imagines the world into existence."
----from Deepak Chopra's book The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire
Harnessing the Infinite Power of
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"The Senegalese poet Baba Dioum once said, 'In
the end we will preserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and
we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures
in order to understand, in order to love and in order to conserve our common
world heritage." - Yo Yo Ma, Cellist |
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