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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. Five 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 -1.5 in length -9 inches in circumference of dry gourd -10.5 inches in height of the dry gourd -1 feet 3 inches in length of the longest flute -1 feet in length of the forth longest flute -11 inches in length of the third longest flute -9 inches in length of the second longest flute -8 inches in length of the shortest flute

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Long lasting eaglewood is curved the pattern of circular, egg and triangle and four strings are put on it. Jute fibers was used at ancient time. String of fish rod can be used. Nowadays, guitar string No (1) is used. 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. It has to be systematically played at Lesu traditional dance ( CharNaew Char ) as non-professional playing. It must played only for traditional melody. -2 feet 3.5 inches in Length -1 feet 2.5 inches in Length of sound body -1 feet 1 inch in Arm of guitar -1.5 feet in Thickness

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This instrument was firstly created by U Dee Yaw Hel and played in the 19th National Races Traditional performing Arts Competition. First, halve a piece of cassia wood with a length of two and half feet in order to carve it into the guitar body. The reason of having two frets is to produce traditional tunes of two Chain-ngo and Gwar-chichi-bu guitars. Each fret has four strings and there are six sound holes on the guitar body. The upper fret makes Gwar-chi-chi-bu sound and the lower one produces Chain-ngo sound. This two fretted guitar is created to play these two traditional tunes in the same time, instead of playing two guitars. -2 feet 7 inches in Length -1 feet 2 inches in Length of guitar body -10 inches in Width of guitar body -2.5 inches in Thickness of fret -1 feet 5 inches in Length of fret -3 inches in Distance between two frets

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Long bamboo joint of Leka bamboo is chopped and dried. A nail has to be heated and it is perforated 6 holes. It has to be blown the air from the air-hole and the finger holes are made opening and closing tune to play traditional melody. It can be played western melody. When someone is at the hill side cultivation lonely, it can be played a song of yearning. And it can be played form hut by hut at hill- side cultivation. It has to be blown at wedding ceremony. -1 feet 3 inches in Length -2.5 inches in Girth -3 inches in Length of tip bamboo joint to air hole -4.5 inches in Length of air hole to first fret

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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. -2 feet 3 inches in Length -5 feet in Length of sound body -7 feet in High of sound body -1 feet 9 inches in Length of arm -1 feet 3 inches in Girth of sound body -2 feet 8 inches in Length of bow

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The ancestors blew this flute when they sentimentalized recalling their young memories. It was created in the double form to refer that the life sharing with other is better than the solitude. It's usually blown by the elders and the married persons. First and foremost the Mai Kha bamboo is cut into two pieces of flute in desired measure. The bigger one is referred as Julumar (female) and the smaller one is as Julumarchaw (male). The five holes are drilled on the bigger piece of flute or Julumar (female) with a heated sharp iron. One hole is also made at one end of Julumarchaw (male) flute with a knife. The blowing holes are made at the end of each flute. After completion of all making process, those two flutes are tied with the strings. Keeping the double flute in the mouth, it is blown making sound by maneuvering the strength of the tongue and tuning with the fingers at the holes. Each flute can be blown separately. Julumar flute has to be blown by opening and closing the holes with the rest fingers after pressing the thumbhole with the thumb. But the traditional melodies can be blown with these flutes. -1 inches of length -2.5 inches of circumference for Julumar flute -1 inch circumference for Julumarchaw flute -4.5 inches from the mouth-hole to the first finger hole -4.5 inches from the mouth-hole to the thumbhole -1 inch apart among each finger holes (1,2,3,4) -3 inches apart between finger hole (4 and 5)

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Larchit means the orphan and Phyili does the flute. So, the compound words of LarchitPhyili stands for the orphan's flute. In the ancient time, there was an orphan. He had a chicken. One day, his chicken died. He discovered a sentimental melody through blowing a hole of a thigh of his dead chicken. The LarchitPhyili bamboo flute derived from that chicken thigh flute. Cut a Marbarlar bamboo in desired measure and bore the number one, two and three holes of the fingerboard parting one inch each among them with a heated sharp iron. The mouth-hole is bored at the other end of the flute. A sheath is put on the top of the flute to make a better sound. Blow the mouth-hole maneuvering the holes of fingerboard with fingers. The traditional melodies or the melodies of guitar can be blown with it. -1.1 feet in length -1 inches in circumference -1.5 inches in length of top sheath -5 inches in length from the mouth-hole to the hole of fingerboard -5 inches interval between fourth and fifth holes of fingerboard

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The ancestors came to settle at farms, building bamboo shacks as their crops thrived. They noticed a pleasant sound when the air blew into the hole of the bamboo. Then, they made a flute to produce that sound. As they found out that the sound of one-hole flute frightened the parrots which destroyed the crops, they expanded the holes to six. After cutting Marfule bamboo in desired measure, it's bored the holes with a heated sharp iron including six finger holes and one mouth-hole. A cloth or paper stopper is put into the flute. Blow at the mouth-hole maneuvering the finger holes with the fingers. The traditional and other melodies can be blown with it. -1 feet 2 inches in length -1.5 inches in circumference -4.5 inches in length from from the end of the flute to the mouth-hole -4 inches from the mouth-hole to the first hole of the fingerboard

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The ancestors wore the raincoat made of rope twisted the coconut fiber. After discovering the pleasing sound produced by striking the rope of coconut fiber tied the toe, they untied the rope from the toe and fixed at the wood. Then, they played it for the musical sounds. This instrument was addressed as "Chibul" referring the rope untied from the toe. Chi stands for the tip of the foot and "bul" means untying. The frame of banjo is carved out of hard Poezar wood cut during the cold season. The soundboard is closed with the leather in the previous time but with the plywood in the present time. Three strings are fixed it. The sound holes are bored at the up and down walls of the banjo. The strings are fixed at the wood tuning pegs. 12 sounds can be tuned with this banjo including three different sounds of three strings, three pressing sounds, three pushing sounds and three pulling sounds. This banjo is played in the New Year festival, traditional dance, fun fair, and wedding ceremony. -2 feet of length -7 inches length of the soundboard -3 inches height of the soundboard -13 inches circumference of the soundboard -1 feet 5 inches length of the banjo's arm

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Ma Rue Bamboo is cut of necessary size, is used to make this flute. It is bored a hole in the middle of it by knife. It has to be blown from air holes and the thumb makes opening and closing tuning besides it. It is blown the traditional Lusi melody. It was played giving signal to each other in the forest in the past. -1 feet 6.5 inches in Length -9 inches in Length of tip to air hole -3 inches in Girth

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Suitable bamboo is chopped and cut suitable size and a heated nail is perforated 3 holes. There are one air hole and one hole(Tha Ra hole) at bottom of flute. At the tip of the flute reed is inserted. Third air hole and Thara hole must be made same distrance. It has to be blown from air holes and the finger holes are made for opening and closing to produce traditional melody. It can be blown every ceremony with instrument melody. -5 inches in Length -1.5 inches in Girth -2.5 inches in Length of the tip from air hole

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In the ancient time, there was very difficult to communicate one place to place, forest to forest and mountain to mountain, so they communicated each other by blowing leaf. When they made the activity of chasing animals, they secretly communicated each other by using it. It is blown when youth are dating each other. Big, fair and different sides of leaf is made to blown. The side of tiny fiber leaf is folded to use it.