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Four bamboos poles are fitted on the dry gourd. Two bamboo pipes which are covered with bamboo joints are fitted top of the dried gourd. Each of the bamboos is bored with holes. Two bamboo pipes are fitted at bottom of the dried gourd and one of the bamboo pipe is covered with dried gourd and the other is covered with bamboo joint. Dried gourd and bamboos are glued with beeswax. According to the song, it has to be blown the air at the top of dried gourd and pressed the holes of the small bamboo pipes to produce song. Dried Gourd -1 feet in length -1 feet 8 inches in Girth Upper Two bamboos -1.1 feet 2 inches in length -2.1 inches in length From bamboo ( 1 ) to bamboo joint -3.5 inches in length -3 inches in girth From bamboo ( 2 ) to bamboo joint -7.5 inches in length -3 inches in girth Lower two bamboos Lower Two bamboos -1 feet 8 inches in length (1) -1 feet 4.5 inches in length (2) From top of bamboo ( 1 ) to Dried gourd -6 inches in length -1 feet 7 inches in Girth From top of bamboo ( 2 ) to Dried gourd -3 inches in length -1 feet in girth -2 feet 8.5 inches in length of the dried gourd instrument -1 feet in height of the dried gourd instrument

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Myanmar 2014

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The Mro, or Myo people play their traditional instruments.

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Myanmar 2014