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Paung (Gang on) Crocodile tongue
  • Manage No PI00004464
    Country Myanmar
    Year 2014-08-14
    ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
Description It has to be made a groove as tongue in the middle of small bamboo slat. It is glued with bee-wax to produce long vowel with falling tone. Air from inside has to be blown and tongue has to be played with thumb to create melodies. It is played when young unmarried boys are going a courting. -6 feet in Length -4 feet in Length of tongue
Place Myit Kyi Nar Township, Kachin state File Size 239KB
Definition 1320 X 880 File Format PNG
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