Making different kinds of furniture from wood, glass, thin iron, veneer with glue and nails. Now in the process of mking furnitures are used electronic tools.

Making different kinds of furniture from wood, glass, thin iron, veneer with glue and nails. Now in the process of mking furnitures are used electronic tools.

Making different kinds of furniture from wood, glass, thin iron, veneer with glue and nails. Now in the process of mking furnitures are used electronic tools.

Making different kinds of furniture from wood, glass, thin iron, veneer with glue and nails. Now in the process of mking furnitures are used electronic tools.

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In Myanmar, ancient chronicles say that harps were being played as early as in the Pyu Period. In February of 802 A.D. Sri Khettra despatched a Pyu music and dance ensemble to Chan-ann the city of the Tang Dynasity of China. Tang Dynasty chronicles say that the Pyu musicians had with them two harps with pheasant’s head shapes, two harps with corcodile’s head shapes, one flat harp in the shape of a dragon’s head, one flat harp in the shape of rain clouds, two flat harps of big gourds, one flat gourd-harp with a single string and one small flat gourd-harp. Among rock relief sculptures found on the walls of the Ananda pagoda built by king Kyansittha in A.D 1084-1113 is a harp which indicates that the harp was in general use in those days.\nThe part where the neck joins the sound box is shaped like a leaf of the saga: (champac) while the stern is shaped like bowl. The tip of the neck is shaped like the leaf of the banyan tree. The neck is made of sha: (acaciacatechu) wood. The sound box is covered with a membrane of deer skin. Holes are perforated along the ridge to hold the ends of the strings. The intervals between the holes need to be of correct proportion, otherwise, the harp tends to be out of tune and also lacks proper form. Hence, the ridge is a critical component of the harp. When playing, the harp player sits cross-legged on the floor and rests the front of the body of the harp in his or her lap, with the arch on the harp player’s left and the rear of the harp’s body angled slightly upwards so that the strings are almost horizontal. The fingers of the left hand are braced against the outside of the arch and moved agilely up and down. A stopped tone is produced when the left thumb nail is pressed against the string from the inside to increase its tension and thus raise its pitch. The thumb and forefinger of the right hand, either separately or together, pluck the strings at their center while the right elbow rests on the top of the rear of the harp body outside of the strings. The left thumb may be used to pluck the bass of the harp figuration while the right thumb and forefinger pluck the melodic pattern. A skilled harpist promote clarity by jumping the string just sounded while sounding the next string. This jumping may be done with the middle finger, the palm of the hand, or the forefinger just after the activation when a staccato note is desired.

The bamboo joint and playing instrument called Phon Dwer. Giant bamboo joints are cut of and other sides of bamboo are sharped to point to get bamboos with a pointed end for making slats of xylophone. When tuning it has to be tuned the bamboos with a pointed end. It has eleven graduated bamboo slats. The striker is made with the same species of giant bamboo. It produces song like as the song that is appearing from the playing of small bottles and big bottles. When playing it , it can be played with another bamboo slat of xylophone. Karean bamboo xylophone has to be played during the performance of Karean Don-Dance that performance the plot of story with singing or recitation, dancing and speech. Bamboo xylophone is used for the pagoda festival and entertainments.\n-15 inches in the size of the biggest Xylophone salt\n-6 inches in the size of the smallest Xylophone salt\n(The xylophone salts are placed on the small wooden table and they are systemically controlled by nail.)

Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region, which must expose to the sunlight, is used to make this flute. A total of four holes are perforated on this bamboo stick by heated nail. At the tip of flute is made a pot hole to blow with mouth. It has to be blown from air holes and the thumb makes opening and closing tuning besides it. Young boys play it by drinking intoxicating brew when they want to say affectionate words to their lovers. Old people play it when they are taking a rest at night.\n-2 feet 4 inches in Length\n-1 feet 2 inches in Air hole to first fret\n-7 inches in Length of the tip to fret

A limb of species of dark, glossy bamboo is cut off and bored a holes and put a brass reed. It is perforated five holes by using a nail. And it is bored a hole bottom of it. It is played by blowing into mouthpiece and by opening and closing of the finger holes on the flute to produce traditional melodies. It has low song so it doesn’t use for ceremony. It is played for singing poem when young unmarried boys are going a courting.\n-1 feet 1.5 inches in Length\n-0.5 inches in Length of hole that put on brass reed\n-4.5 inches in Length of air hole to feet hole

Roofing of the Tonga National Cultural Centre (interior) use coconut husk (kafa) for the lalava instead of nail.

A kind of traditional children game. One participant playing the role of “nail” and other run around that. Another boy tries to keep one of them.

A kind of traditional children game. One participant playing the role of “nail” and other run around that. Another boy tries to keep one of them.