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Hard wood is made the arm of violin and dried gourd was made for sound box in ancient time. Wood has to be made sound box. The head of sound body was covered frog skin in the ancient time. Nowadays, it is covered by thin skin like as fish and snake. It is put on two strings of guitar string no(1). First string is called Saw Tune and second string is called Daw tune. Bow was made horse tail in ancient time. Nowadays, it is made of Nylon string. Bow is put on between two string to play. Saw tuning and Daw tuning is based to produce pitch by pressing strings. -2 feet 7.5 inches in Length -2 feet 3.5 inches in Length of the arm of violin -4 inches in Length of sound body -5.5 inches in High -1 feet in Girth -2 feet 7 inches in Length of bow -2 feet 1 inch in Length of the string of bow

3:49
Myanmar 2014

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This video shows the performance of Lawraw ensemble playing pohaung violin and Tang Mandolin with singing.

1:48
Myanmar 2014

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Lawraw minorities dance while playing their traditional instruments

2:14
Myanmar

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This video shows Manau festival of Lawraw people. Manau festival is observed to propitiate Madai Spirit. Madai Spirit ranks sixth among six spiritual Deities.

19:36
Myanmar