| Description |
May-Pa-We (a) Htan-Hae bamboo is cut into 14 piece of sticks in different length. And then, these bamboo sticks are tied together in ascending order. All joints of instrument are made hollow, except the lowest joint. 14 bamboo sticks are perforated and fixed on the instrument with the distance of 7 inches from its base. And the reeds made of bronze or silver are inserted inside these holes. The additional holes are perforated with the distance of 4 fingers from reed-inserted holes. One end of wooden pipe which is used as a mouthpiece is tapered off and another end is indented. The top bamboo pipes with inserted-reeds are fixed into the holes perforated on other side of wooden pipe by plastering with beeswax. These bamboo pipes are tied with the ropes twisted with the fiber of Lun tree in top, middle and low. The Pi-bar pan flute makes a sound like accordion does. This instrument was played for traditional songs in congregational singing, national celebrations, wedding ceremonies, New Year festival and harvesting festivals. |
