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harp
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Wool Spinning, Tharparkar, Sind
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Farasi (Woolen floor rug) weaving, Tharparkar, Sind
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Farasi (camel and goat hair floor rug) weaving, Tharparkar, Sind
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Kayin Saun (Kayin bamboo harp)
Species of bamboo joint is chopped and dried. The outer surface of bamboo joint is made to be smooth and the external appearance is made a line of bamboo streak. Two bamboo slats are placed a support under the bamboo streaks . It has to be made four bamboo streaks to be distinctly. It was a rare Karean’s bamboo zither. There is no one who can play the Karean bamboo zither. The giant bamboo fibers of bamboo streaks are played to produce song. It has to be played to be relax when the farmer cultivate of the hill side cultivation and taking relax time.\n-19.5 inches in length\n-4 inches in the surface\n-14.5 inches the length of four bamboo streaks
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Ping Pang (bamboo harp)
A good quality of bamboo was cut off during the month when bamboos were chopped and then they have to be smoked or dried or fumed or desiccated. The main part of bamboo is peeled to get inner layer and outer layer as a bamboo_chip or a bamboo fiber. Then, a bamboo chip or a bamboo fiber is made to be flawless and smooth. The small blocks of bamboo are placed under the bamboo chips or bamboo fibers to produce melody. The inner layer is taken to produce original voice. There are seven bamboo chips or bamboo fibers which are represented as seven gongs. It comprises 4 notes of grain of bamboo and 3 notes of inner parts of bamboo. According to the song, It is played together with the instrument of dried gourd.\n-1 feet 8 inches in Length\n-10 inches in width
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ThinTo (bamboo harp)
Mjaun bamboo is chopped during the month when bamboos are chopped and they had to be smoked or dried fumed or desiccated. Bamboo is peeled to get double layers that is outer layer and inner layer like as a bamboo chip or bamboo fiber. Then they have to be made flawless and smooth. The small blocks of bamboo are placed under them to strike as key. The inner layer produces the original key. Long ago it made with eight strings of bamboo and it composed of four bass vocal cords. Five rhythm vocal cords. Nowadays, guitar string is put on it instead of bamboo string. There is put on it because of guitar string.\n-11 inches in diameter\n-3 inches in Girth
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Tee Tine Bamboo Harp
Good bamboo is chopped during the month when bamboos are chopped and they had to be smoked or dried fumed or desiccated. Bamboo is peeled to get double layers that is outer layer and inner layer like as a bamboo chip or bamboo fiber.Then they have to be made flawless and smooth. The small blocks of bamboo are placed under them to strike as key. The inner layer produces the original key. Long ago it made with seven strings of bamboo. According to the song, It can be played together with the gourd instrument.\n-1 feet 3 inches in length \n-10 inches in girth
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Rakhine Mi Chaung Saun: (crocodile Harp)
Sayar Mg Htwe who lived Lak kauk bazaar at Mrauk-U invented the Rakhine crocodile zither according to the Rakhine Culture literature which is written by U Aung Thar OO. Marlakon fiddle is influential used to play for the royal ceremony of the ancient Rakhine king. Later it has to be used influentially to the countryside. Nowadays, there is no player who can play the Rakhine crocodile zither of the playing method. Playing method is that right forefinger strikes the string and left forefinger presses the middle fret of the arm of the zither to produce scale. The four Rakhine scales are the song of sea wave , a thunderous song, the echo and the sound of water drop which have to be played the Tha gjin:, Ei: gjin, E: gjin.\nJin Dai’ wood which is the kind of hard-wood tree ( Dalbergia cultrate ) or wood has to be sculpted the shape of crocodile. The head and the trail are decorated with rinceau; scroll-work with floral motif; floral arabesque and the body is made a hallow. Royal crocodile zither is decorated with glass mosaic and gilt. A silk-yarn, a cotton tread-yarn and a metal string (brass string) are put on the back( between the waist and shoulder ).It has to be put on three strings and an extra string. A short stump or a bridge which is called Sein Thee is put on the middle of it so that it can be controlled the middle string of the three strings. A peg is put on it so that the strings can be made tuning. \n-3 feet 9 inches in the length of crocodile \n-6 inches in the width of crocodile\n-3.5 inches in the height of crocodile head \n-8.5 inches in the height of crocodile tail\n-3 feet 6 inches in the length of harp
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Than Palwei (Iron flute)
By using Rakhine iron fiddlel Drum was found at the period of Visali of the king of Chandra. At the time of king Chandra, the lyrical ode of the crown-princess Saw Pyae Nyo was played with the various kinds of instruments. Long-drum and Than-Lwin-drum contained in this instruments. In the Myanmar era of 897 ( 1535 AD ) when was called Lay Myoe Age, King Min Bar built Yan Aung Zaya Shittaung stupa with a vaulted vase. Rakhine oil lamp dance, Shawl dance, Powewar dance, the sports of Mrauk.U period such as the posture of wrestling, boxing, the stick martial art and the figures in the posture of playing the Rakhine musical instruments such as the Rakhine Duelong harp, bamboo pipes wind instrument/ melodious small drum, hand-cymbals, cymbals/ horn/ long drum, Marlakhon fiddle, the bugle, the cymbal and the flute were sculpted as the ancient supporting evidences of Rakhine iron flute on the western wall of the second tunnel of Shitthaung pagoda.\nIron-rod is bored with holes. The conical shape of iron is put on the top of the iron-rod. \nIt is produced tune by making close or open on fret which is bored with holes.\n-1 feet 2 inches in length\n-3 inches in girth\n-1.5 inches in the distance between holes of flute \n-4 inches in the diameter of the conical shape of iron\n-5.5 inches in the height of the conical shape of the iron
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Khwe’ Khwin: (Timing bell)
By using Khwe’ Khwin: (Timing bell) was found at the period of Visali of the king of Chandra.At the time of king Chandra, the lyrical ode of the crown-princess Saw Pyae Nyo was played with the various kinds of instruments. Long-drum and Than-Lwin-drum contained in this instruments. In the Myanmar era of 897 ((1535 AD ) when was called Lay Myoe Age, King Min Bar built Yan Aung Zaya Shittaung stupa with a vaulted vase. Rakhine oil lamp dance, Shawl dance, Powewar dance, the sports of Mrauk.U period such as the posture of wrestling, boxing, the stick martial art and the figures in the posture of playing the Rakhine musical instruments such as the Rakhine Duelong Harp, bamboo pipes wind instrument/ melodious small drum/ hand-cymbals/ cymbals/ horn/ long drum , Marlakhon fiddle, the bugle, the cymbal and the flute were sculpted as the ancient supporting evidences of Khwe’ Khwin: (Timing bell) on the western wall of the second tunnel of Shittaung pagoda.\nIt is made by the art of making items cast or wrought from brass. It is the shape of a prone bowl that is put on the pillar. It can be played with the small striker. It is put on the pillar and the body of it is striken with the striker. It can be played together with the instrument of drum, gong, conch shell.\n-7.5 inches in diameter \n-4.5 inches in height\n-10 inches in the height of pillar \n-4.5 inches in the length of based \n-1.5 inches in The height of based
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Kyae Palwei (Brass flute)
By using brass flute was found at the period of Visali of the king of Chandra. At the time of king Chandra, the lyrical ode of the crown-princess Saw Pyae Nyo was played with the various kinds of instruments. Long-drum and Than-Lwin-drum contained in this instruments. In the Myanmar era of 897 (1535 AD) when was called Lay Myoe Age, King Min Bar built Yan Aung Zaya Shittaung stupa with a vaulted vase. Rakhine oil lamp dance, Shawl dance, Powewar dance, the sports of Mrauk.U period such as the posture of wrestling, boxing, the stick martial art and the figures in the posture of playing the Rakhine musical instruments such as the Rakhine Duelong Harp , bamboo pipes wind instrument/ melodious small drum, hand-cymbals ,cymbals/ horn/ long drum, Marlakhon fiddle, the bugle, the cymbal and the flute were sculpted as the ancient supporting evidences of Rakhine iron flute on the western wall of the second tunnel of Shittaung pagoda.\nBrass-rod is bored with holes.\n-1 feet 10 inches in Length\n-2 inches in Girth\n-1 inch in the distance between holes of flute
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War Palwei (bamboo flute)
By using bamboo flute was found at the period of Visali of the king of Chandra. At the time of king Chandra, the lyrical ode of the crown-princess Saw Pyae Nyo was played with the various kinds of instruments. Long-drum and Than-Lwin-drum contained in this instruments. In the Myanmar era of 897 (1535 AD) when was called Lay Myoe Age, King Min Bar built Yan Aung Zaya Shittaung stupa with a vaulted vase. Rakhine oil lamp dance, Shawl dance, Powewar dance, the sports of Mrauk.U period such as the posture of wrestling, boxing, the stick martial art and the figures in the posture of playing the Rakhine musical instruments such as the Rakhine Duelong Harp , bamboo pipes wind instrument/ melodious small drum, hand-cymbals ,cymbals/ horn/ long drum, Marlakhon fiddle, the bugle, the cymbal and the flute were sculpted as the ancient supporting evidences of Rakhine iron flute on the western wall of the second tunnel of Shittaung pagoda.\nBamboo is bored with holes.\n-1 feet 10.5 inches in length \n-3 inches in girth\n-1 inch in the distance between holes of flute
Myanmar