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Manage No PI00004507 Country Myanmar Year 2014-07-04 ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
| Description | It is made of Yamane ( Gemelina arborea). The body of the violin ( Kayan ) is made of Yamane (Gemelina arborea ) and covered with Yamane (Gemelina arborea). There are two string or four strings in this instrument. The bow is made of bamboo slat. To produce sound, the bow is rubbed by resin of inn trees. Since yore, this violin has been preserved and handed down from generation to generation as a traditional heritage. There is no exact record in what year and era it appeared. It can be played together with violin, drum and timing cymbals and clapper which are Kayans’ traditional instruments. This instrument is melodic instrument. -57.2 cm in the length of the violin -32.4 cm in the length of the body of the violin -16 cm in the width of the violin -5.4 cm in the length of the Braze -1.7 cm in the thickness of the Braze -3.6 cm in the distance of the pressing place -3.1 cm in the length of the hole of the resonance -0.8 cm in the distance of the strings of the violin -4.3 cm in the high of the resonance | ||
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| Place | Sanboon Village, Demawso Township, Loikaw District, Kayah State | File Size | 371KB |
| Definition | 1320 X 880 | File Format | PNG |
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