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Kalon (Flute of 6 holes)
  • Manage No PI00004508
    Country Myanmar
    Year 2014-07-04
    ICH Domain Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
Description It is made of Missalar bamboo which is a thin peel. This instrument is made of thin bamboo which is 3 or 4 years old. That bamboo can be got from a long distance. The bamboo is cut as needed and bored holes. After spreading the beeswaxes, they tune a flute. The instrument is made by themselves. Since yore, this flute 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 Kayans’ traditional instruments. This instrument is melodic instrument. -4.3 cm in the length of the flute -32.4 cm in the length from the base of the flute till the hole -0.3 cm in the distance of each hole -0.3 cm in the distance between the beeswaxes and the hole
Place Sanboon Village, Demawso Township, Loikaw District, Kayah State File Size 164KB
Definition 1320 X 880 File Format PNG
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