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Description	Lawraw minorities dance while playing their traditional instruments
Manage No	VI00000389	Running Time	2:14
Country	Myanmar
ICH Domain	Performing Arts, Traditional craft skills
Videos Photographer		Year
Place		File Size	308MB
Definition	1980x1080	File Format	mp4
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PI00004471 Lawraw Lon Saung (Dried gourd flute)
Hlar Man bamboo is cut of necessary size and of close bamboo joint that is curved by knife and put on brass reed. Dried gourd is used for sound body. It has five fret holes and it is bored a hole bottom of it. Dried gourd and bamboo are connected.

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PI00004470 Lawraw Pohaung Qhid Zang Taung (Two string violin)
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

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PI00004472 Lawraw Tang (Four strings Madolin)
Lawraw Tang has been used since 1963 for traditional ceremonies. In Done wood is used as sound body. Four string are put on it. A hole is bored on the playing surface of sound body to produce song. Four strings of So, Ye, Doh, So are used to be played. When it is Playing LuSi and Law Wal Traditional melodies , it can be played taking of Ye sound. -2 feet 4 inches in Length -1 feet 1.5 inches in Length of sound body -9.5 inches in Length of Guitar -9 inches in Girth of sound body -5.5 inches in Length of the place that put on key

Myanmar 2014
PI00004473 Lawraw Zen Manau Si (Lawraw Manau drum)
Grandfathers of Lawngwaw people stayed on the moon. When they held offering ceremony of moon edifice, they played Zen instrument. They played Zen Manau drum is played to celebrate Zen Gaw ceremony annually by preserving their tradition. Taun Ta Mar wood is made hollow body and two playing surface is covered cow’s skin. Yarn cane fibers put on to make cown’s skin tied and loose. The pictures of moon and sun paint the body of Zen. The striker is struck the drum face to produce song. It is chainging to play according to dancing pattern. It is played Zen Kaw ceremony and when grandparents dead ,their sprits sent to moon. -5 feet 4 inches in Length -4 feet 10 inches in Girth -1 feet 3 inches in Diameter of right drum face -4 feet 2 inches in Circumference of right drum surface -1 feet 2 inches in Diameter of left drum face -4 feet 2 inches in Circumference of left drum surface

Myanmar 2014