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 Sumpyi. 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 mouth piece 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 of 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 mouth piece 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

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

Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region is used to make this oboe. The bamboo stick is needed to be dried first. And then, holes are perforated on it with the use of drill. It has to change the sizes of drills depending on the sizes of oboes. The oboes are in three different sizes- big, medium and small. Each of them has a total of four perforated holes. A thumb hole is perforated on the lower side with the distance of an inch from the first finger hole. The four finger holes must be made with same distance. Reed made of dried straw is inserted on one end of oboe and young female buffalo's horn is put on another end. The horn and oboe are decorated with manau traditional designs. The player must blow the reed made of straw to play this oboe by opening and closing the finger holes. Dumba is played in Manau festival, housewarming ceremony, honoring ceremony, Htaungkar Dance festival and funeral rite. There are designated melodies for different occasions.\n-2 feet 6 inches in length\n-2.5 inches in length if dried straw reed\n-1.5 inches in length of oboe\n-10 inches in length of buffalo horn\n-9 inches in circumference of horn

This instrument is made of thin bamboo. That bamboo can be got from a long distance. The bamboo is cut as needed and bored two holes on the beside of the bamboo and a hole on the upper of its. This instrument is made by themselves. This instrument can be played together with drum, gong and cymbals on the occasions of the wedding, funereal, housewarming and “deeku” means Kayans’ traditional festival. 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.\n-28.3 cm in the length of the flute\n-3.9 cm in the length between the base of the flute and the hole on the beside of the flute\n-2.3 cm in the circumference of the flute

This instrument is made of thin bamboo. That bamboo can be got from a long distance. The bamboo is cut as needed and bored two holes on the beside of the bamboo and a hole on the upper of its. This instrument is made by themselves. This instrument can be played together with drum, gong and cymbals on the occasions of the wedding, funereal, housewarming and “deeku” means Kayans’ traditional festival. 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.

This instrument is made of thin bamboo. That bamboo from remote hilly regions is cut as required and then smoked , that is, played on the rock above the fireplace. This instrument is made by themselves. This instrument can be played together with drum, gong and cymbals on the occasions of wedding, funereal, housewarming and “deeku” means Kayans’ traditional festival. At the “ deeku” festival , flute (Mawt Mu ) is mainly played. The instrument is melodic instrument. It is learnt that it is completely matched only if Mawt pha ( Male) flute and Mawt mu ( female ) flute are played together.\n-16.7 cm in the length of the first flute \n-15 cm in the length of the second flute \n-12.1 cm in the length of the third flute \n-10.5 cm in the length of the fourth flute\n-9.3 cm in the length of the fifth flute\n-7.9 cm in the length of the sixth flute \n-1.3 cm in the circumference of the first flute\n-1.1 cm in the circumference of the second flute \n-1 cm in the circumference of the third flute\n-0.8 cm in the circumference of the fourth flute\n-0.8 cm in the circumference of the fifth flute\n-0.5 cm in the circumference of the sixth flute \n-10.9 cm in the length of the upper flute\n-15.5 cm in the length of the base flute

Hkranghku Majoi Manaw Festival was traced back to about AD 300. Dumba was first played in this festival. Dumba is played for Htaungkar dance and also for such events as housewarming ceremony, wedding ceremony and harvesting festival. In addition, it’s performed in funeral rite. Different tunes are played for each occasion. Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region is used to make this oboe. The bamboo stick is needed to be dried first. And then, holes are perforated on it with the use of drill. It has to change the sizes of drills depending on the sizes of oboes. The oboes are in three different sizes_ big, medium and small. Each of them has a total of four perforated holes. A thumb hole is perforated on the lower side with the distance of an inch from the first finger hole. The four finger holes must be made with same distance. Reed made of dried straw is inserted on one end of oboe and young female buffalo's horn is put on another end. Yellow, blue, red and white ribbons are decorated in triangle and diamond patterns on the horn and oboe. The player must blow the reed made of straw to play this oboe by opening and closing the finger holes.\n-2 feet 4 inches in Length\n-11 inches in the length of horn\n-8 inches in the circumference of horn\n-1 feet 2 inches in the length of oboe\n-1 feet 2 inches in the diameter of horn\n-4 inches in the circumference of oboe\n-3 inches in the length of dried straw reed

Dumba was first played in Hkranghku Majoi Manau Festival, which was traced back to about AD 300. Dumba is played for Htaungkar dance and also for such events as housewarming ceremony, wedding ceremony, harvesting festival and funeral rite. And it is also called as "jinghpaw dumba" Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region is used to make this oboe. The bamboo stick is needed to be dried first. And then, holes are perforated on it with the use of drill. It has to change the sizes of drills depending on the sizes of oboes. The oboes are in three different sizes_ big, medium and small. Each of them has a total of four perforated holes. A thumb hole is perforated on the lower side with the distance of an inch from the first finger hole. The four finger holes must be made with same distance. Reed made of dried straw is inserted on one end of oboe and young female buffalo's horn is put on another end. Yellow, blue, red and white ribbons are decorated in triangle and diamond patterns on the horn and oboe. The player must blow the reed made of straw to play this oboe by opening and closing the finger holes.\nThe size of Instrument is below.\n-2 feet 7 inches in length\n-4.5 inches in Length of dried straw reed\n-1 feet 5 inches in Length of oboe\n-11 inches in Length of horn\n-2.5 inches in Diameter of horn

Jeinpaw auspicious big gong is using to play for traditional ceremony of eating the first crop, housewarming ceremony, wedding ceremony, new year festival, fire balloon festival and funeral ceremony. 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. Since it has to be played together two Manau big drums.\n-1 feet 1 inch in Length\n-5.5 inches in Width of protuberance on the surface of face\n-8.5 inches in Length of protuberance on the surface from the side\n-3 inches in Thickness

Jeinpaw auspicious big gong is using to play for traditional ceremony of eating the first crop, housewarming ceremony, wedding ceremony, new year festival, fire balloon festival and funeral ceremony. 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. Since it has to be played together two Manau big drums.\n-1 feet 7 inches in length\n-4.5 inches in Width of protuberance on the surface of face\n-7.5 inches in Length of protuberance on the surface from the side\n-3 inches in Thickness

Dumba is played for Htaungkar dance and also for such events as housewarming ceremony, wedding ceremony, harvesting festival and funeral rite. There are designated melodies for different occasions. The player must blow the reed made of straw to play this oboe by opening and closing the finger holes.\n-2 feet and 6 inches in Length\n-2.5 inches in Length of dried straw reed\n-1.5 inches in Length of oboe\n-10 inches in Length of horn\n-9 inches in Circumference of horn