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Keroncong in a Katong living room
Every Sunday afternoon, ten people gather in her home to play the old songs.
- Entrant
- Lily Tanuwijaya
- Retired music teacher
- Singapore / Surabaya
- Submitted
- 2026-06-01
Lily arrived in Singapore in 1968 with one ukulele and a folder of scores handwritten by her mother.
"As long as someone is still singing, these two countries will never really be far apart," she says.