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Rakhine Due long Harp is influential used to play for the royal ceremonyof the ancient Rakhine king. Later it has to be used influential to the countryside. By using Marlakon fiddle was found at the period of Visali of the king of Chandra. At the time of king Chandra, the lyrical ode of the crown-princess Saw Pyae Nyo was played with the various kinds of instruments. Long-drum and Than-Lwin-drum contained in this instruments. In the Myanmar era of 897 ( 1535 AD ) when was called Lay Myoe Age, King Min Bar built Yan Aung Zaya Shittaung stupa with a vaulted vase. Rakhine oil lamp dance, Shawl dance, Powewar dance, the sports of Mrauk.U period such as the posture of wrestling, boxing, the stick martial art and the figures in the posture of playing the Rakhine musical instruments such as the Rakhine Duelong harp, bamboo pipes wind instrument, melodious small drum, hand-cymbals, cymbals, horn, long drum, Marlakhon fiddle, the bugle, the cymbal and the flute, horn, longdrum were sculpted as the ancient supporting evidences of Rakhine Duelong harp on the western wall of the second tunnel of Shittaung pagoda.
The body of Myanmar harp has to be made hollow and covered with deer skin. Rakhine Duelong harp is not as same as Myanmar harp. It is a log harp because the body of log has to be carved out of hollow. The arm of it is made with wood which is put on silk-yarns to be played. The red loop of strings tethered to the neck of the harp is used to make tuning like as Myanmar harp. The shape leaf sprout is carved out the top of the arm of harp and it is the shape of obeisance to the arm. There is a hole beneath the body of harp. It is composed of the body of harp, the arm of harp, the end-piece on the arm of harp in the shape of a banyan leaf, the hole in the body of harp ( Nat Thami: bau ), tail-piece of harp and twelve strings of harp strings like as Myanmar harp. There are 12 strings and tune by tuning cord. It is played with fingers to produce melodies. It has to be played Thar gjin:, Ei: gjin:, El: gjin: that based on the Rakhine four scales of the song of sea wave, a thunderous song, the echo and the sound of water- drop.
-2 feet 4 inches in the length of the body of harp
-9 inches in the width of the body of harp
-7 inches in the height of the body of harp
-2 feet 5.5 inches in the height of the arm of harp
-1 feet 6.5 inches in the length of the tail-piece of harp |
