Kayin bamboo xylophone(Xilophone) PhawKuu, Phon Dwer bamboo joint and playing instrument
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Manage No PI00004551 Country Myanmar Year 2014-07-09 ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
| Description | The bamboo joint and playing instrument called Phon Dwer. Giant bamboo joints are cut of and other sides of bamboo are sharped to point to get bamboos with a pointed end for making slats of xylophone. When tuning it has to be tuned the bamboos with a pointed end. It has eleven graduated bamboo slats. The striker is made with the same species of giant bamboo. It produces song like as the song that is appearing from the playing of small bottles and big bottles. When playing it , it can be played with another bamboo slat of xylophone. Karean bamboo xylophone has to be played during the performance of Karean Don-Dance that performance the plot of story with singing or recitation, dancing and speech. Bamboo xylophone is used for the pagoda festival and entertainments. -15 inches in the size of the biggest Xylophone salt -6 inches in the size of the smallest Xylophone salt (The xylophone salts are placed on the small wooden table and they are systemically controlled by nail.) | ||
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| Place | Phar-an, Kayin State | File Size | 337KB |
| Definition | 1200 X 799 | File Format | PNG |
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