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Manage No PI00005076 Country Myanmar Year 2014-07-25 ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
| Description | Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region is used to make this oboe. The bamboo stick is needed to be dried first. And then, holes are perforated on it with the use of drill. It has to change the sizes of drills depending on the sizes of oboes. The oboes are in three different sizes- big, medium and small. Each of them has a total of four perforated holes. A thumb hole is perforated on the lower side with the distance of an inch from the first finger hole. The four finger holes must be made with same distance. Reed made of dried straw is inserted on one end of oboe and young female buffalo's horn is put on another end. The horn and oboe are decorated with manau traditional designs. The player must blow the reed made of straw to play this oboe by opening and closing the finger holes. Dumba is played in Manau festival, housewarming ceremony, honoring ceremony, Htaungkar Dance festival and funeral rite. There are designated melodies for different occasions. -2 feet 6 inches in length -2.5 inches in length if dried straw reed -1.5 inches in length of oboe -10 inches in length of buffalo horn -9 inches in circumference of horn | ||
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| Place | Bone Moon Region, Shan state | File Size | 218KB |
| Definition | 1320 X 880 | File Format | PNG |
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