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Jeinpaw Maung Ngal (Small Gong)
It is created by the art of making items cast or wrought from brass. The striker hits a protuberance on the surface of the middle part of gong.\nThe size of the gong is below.\n-1 feet in Length\n-3 feet in Width of protuberance on the surface of face \n-4.5 inches in Length of protuberance on the surface from the side\n-2 inches in Thickness
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Khatku Wunpawng Sumpyi (Khatku Flute)
In 1950, a man, named Paw Shwun Hla Phu,from Sa-non-bon Region, was the very first person who played this flute to express his grief over the death of his beloved wife. With the passage of time, he was able to seek solace and later he played flute in his village. It was so pleasing that he was requested by the reverend priest U Down Phaung Non to give a performance in the church on February 3, 1952, and in Galoun Tahtaung Church for the second time on March 2. On April 6, 1954, his performance was titled Wunpawng Sumpy is. When the chieftain Duwar Zawsai heard his playing, he was asked to entertain. They awarded him for his great performance. Later, Wunpawng Sumpyi flute was played together with gong and two other traditional musical instruments and Wunpawng Sumpyi orchestra was formed. \nBamboo grows in the wild in hilly region, which must expose to the sunlight, is used to make this flute. A total of six holes are perforated on this bamboo stick. The second last finger hole is seal up. It is played by blowing into mouthpiece and by opening and closing of the finger holes on the flute. Western music also can be played with this flute. The flute sounds Key C. It is played in some special events such as new year festival, campfire festivity, harvesting festival, housewarming ceremony and wedding ceremony.\n-1 feet 5 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Circumference\n-1.5 inches in Distance from mouthpiece to the top \n-6.5 inches in Distance from mouthpiece from the first finger hole \n-2.5 inches in Length from the top to the last finger hole
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Lesu Hee Hae (Lesu Violin)
Wood has to made hollow sound body that is covered with animals’ skin. The strings of violin was made of women’s hair in the past time. Nowadays, guitar string No (1) is used as violin’s string. There are two strings in the violin .Bow is made of Zee- Shwee plant that grows near iceberg. Its branch has made to be putrid and the left fiber is made as bow. It is bored a hole bottom it to produce sound. It is played according to banjo song that hears from ear. It can play traditional melody. Bow is put between the strings and strikes one beat to the upperand then to the lower string.\n-2 feet 3 inches in Length \n-5 feet in Length of sound body \n-7 feet in High of sound body \n-1 feet 9 inches in Length of arm \n-1 feet 3 inches in Girth of sound body \n-2 feet 8 inches in Length of bow
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Arnmyujalu (dry gourd flute)
Once, there was a very romantic couple. One day, the wife suffered from a disease. No medicine can cure her disease. One day, while the distracted husband went to the farm, he found a dry gourd on the way. When he tried blowing his flute fixed to the dry gourd, he found out it generated very pleasant sound. So, he got back to the home and blew it for the wife. He found her disease responded to the sound of the flute. He found she was better when he blew it fixing two flutes. She got full recovery when he blew it fixing five flutes. After commonly used it, its medicinal influences disappeared and remained as a musical instrument. \nFive flutes are made of Marfule bamboo which grows in the cold dry area. One hole is perforated in each flute with a heated sharp iron. The small bamboo sheets are put in each flute as the reed. All five flutes are tied together and fixed at the hole of gourd. For the airproof, the hole of the dry gourd connected with the flutes is covered with the beeswax. The longest flute is addressed as Julumar, the forth longest one is Jululelu, the third longest one is Julumarchaw, the second longest one is Julufufu and the shortest one is Juluteeti. Arnmyu means the gourd. Julu stands for the flute. The compound meaning of Arnmyujalu stands for the gourd flute. Blow into the hole at the top of the gourd moving fingers at the holes of the five flutes\n-1.5 in length\n-9 inches in circumference of dry gourd\n-10.5 inches in height of the dry gourd\n-1 feet 3 inches in length of the longest flute\n-1 feet in length of the forth longest flute\n-11 inches in length of the third longest flute\n-9 inches in length of the second longest flute\n-8 inches in length of the shortest flute
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Pi Swam (Pi Htaw)
Bamboo is cut off necessary size and type. It is perforated four holes by using two different types of nails . At the tip of flute is made a pot hole to blow air. A close fitting covering is covered at the tip of it. It is bored a hole bottom of it. Air has to be blown from the close-fitting covering to the pot hole and the frets are pressed opening and closing tune to produce melodies. It is played when young unmarried boys are going a courting.\n-1 feet 8.5 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Girth\n-2 inches in Length of close-fitting covering\n-9 inches in Length of air hole to first fret\n-8 inches in Length of air hole to bottom hole
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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.\n-2 feet 4 inches in Length\n-1 feet 1.5 inches in Length of sound body\n-9.5 inches in Length of Guitar\n-9 inches in Girth of sound body\n-5.5 inches in Length of the place that put on key
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Larchike Sanwaitant (three strings guitar)
Sarkarwar wood has to be made hollow guitar body, three strings of edible creeper are put on it. Peg is made with bamboo. Three strings are struck by hand. It can be played traditional song of Lusi, Zaiwar, Lawwal and Larchade. It can be played together with drum, flute and gong during special day and ceremonies.\n-2 feet 3 inches in length\n-9.5 inches in Length of sound body\n-5 inches in Width of sound body\n-2 inches in High of sound body\n-1 feet 6 inches in Length of arm of guitar
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Rawan Htu Hta Yaja (Middle hole flute)
Once, there was no instrument to play for Rawan ethinicity. One bored a hole on human bone and blown. After that they found that it produced scale so they started using to play .Later it is made bamboo. They use to play it happily when their crops ripe. It is played for Rawan ethinicities festivals. Awai bamboo is cut and the middles potion is bored with knife. Both dried bamboo and fresh bamboo can be used. Air from the lung has to be blown by force and hole has to be pressed with thumb to be made opening and closing to produce tuning. It can be blown all kinds of melodies.\n-2 feet 0.5 inches in Length\n-11.5 inches in Length of air hole\n-2.5 inches in Girth
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Rawan Bilom Flute
-5 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Girth
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Gongs (Vcing)
Rawan people mostly use gongs. It is used as valuable heritage. When they make engaging , gongs is contained. Wealthy is measured by owning gongs. There are many different kinds of gongs, they are not only big , middle and small but Sinsha/ Baubyen.
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Kalon (Flute of 6 holes)
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. \n-4.3 cm in the length of the flute \n-32.4 cm in the length from the base of the flute till the hole\n-0.3 cm in the distance of each hole\n-0.3 cm in the distance between the beeswaxes and the hole
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Baun Gyi (Drum, two heads)
The body of the drum is carved of Yamane (Gemelina arborea) and the membrane is made of two oxen hide upon the size of the drum. The tuning band is made of oxen hide. In tuning, the leather band is sprayed with water. Now, they use firewood in tuning easy to play. The sound of two heads of the drum is the same. This instrument is made by themselves. This instrument is rhythmic instrument. Since time immemorial, the drum was played on the occasions of the wedding , funeral and funfair. Since yore, this drum 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.\n-290 cm in the width of the membrane of the drum\n-310 cm in the circumference of the drum \n-37.5 cm in the high of the drum \n-1.8 cm in the thickness of the leather band\n-The thin of the leather band is 42.2 cm
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