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Dondang Sayang
Dondang Sayang is a Malay traditional music and song that is well-known in the State of Malacca and still practiced by four communities such as the Malay, Baba Nyonya, Chitty and Portuguese. The performances are accompanied by violin, rebana, gong and accordion and sing by two singers of the opposite sex, who sing in quatrains. It has received UNESCO’s recognition as a Representative List of The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 29th November 2018.
Malaysia -
Jeinpaw Dumba (Buffalo’s Horn)
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
Myanmar 2014-08-11 -
Jeinpaw Htaung Ozi (Jeinpaw Long Drum)
Wood has to be made one side is big and the other side is small. It is not same Myanmar rounded Pot Drum, it is a slender shape. It’s body is applied black oleo-resin from tree. It’s neck is applied red line and black line. The playing surface is played by hands to make sounds.\nThe specific size of the drum is:\n-4 feet 4 inches in Length\n-11inches in Diameter of playing surface\n-3 inches in Circumference of playing surface\n-1 feet 5 inches in Length of Kyat Yin\n-1 feet 2 inches in Girth of Padine\n-3 feet 2 inches in Length of neck of drum\n-1.5 feet in Hight of bottom\n-3 feet 2 inches in Girth of bottom
Myanmar 2014-08-11 -
Khatku Dtant (one hole in middle of Flute)
Khatku Dtant has been used for about 1000 years ago. This flute was Kachin traditional instrument. Bamboo grows in the wild in hilly region, which must expose to the sunlight, is used to make this flute. It is bored a hole in the middle of it. It has to be blown from air holes and the thumb makes opening and closing tuning besides it. It is blown the traditional melody.\n-1 feet 11 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Girth\n-11.5 inches in Distance between tip to the middle hole
Myanmar 2014-08-13 -
Lesu Tee Oh Mar (Small Bamboo Flute)
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.\n-5 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Girth\n-2.5 inches in Length of the tip from air hole
Myanmar 2014-08-12 -
Lesu Julwigyel (Double bamboo flute)
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.\n-1 inches of length\n-2.5 inches of circumference for Julumar flute\n-1 inch circumference for Julumarchaw flute\n-4.5 inches from the mouth-hole to the first finger hole\n-4.5 inches from the mouth-hole to the thumbhole\n-1 inch apart among each finger holes (1,2,3,4)\n-3 inches apart between finger hole (4 and 5)
Myanmar 2014-08-16 -
Lesu Larchit Phyili (side blowing flute)
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.\n-1.1 feet in length\n-1 inches in circumference\n-1.5 inches in length of top sheath\n-5 inches in length from the mouth-hole to the hole of fingerboard\n-5 inches interval between fourth and fifth holes of fingerboard
Myanmar 2014-08-16 -
Pi Swam (Pi Htaw)
Bamboo is cut off necessary size and type. It is perforated four holes by using two different types of nails . At the tip of flute is made a pot hole to blow air. A close fitting covering is covered at the tip of it. It is bored a hole bottom of it. Air has to be blown from the close-fitting covering to the pot hole and the frets are pressed opening and closing tune to produce melodies. It is played when young unmarried boys are going a courting.\n-1 feet 8.5 inches in Length\n-1.5 inches in Girth\n-2 inches in Length of close-fitting covering\n-9 inches in Length of air hole to first fret\n-8 inches in Length of air hole to bottom hole
Myanmar 2014-08-14 -
Lawraw Tang (Four strings Madolin)
Lawraw Tang has been used since 1963 for traditional ceremonies. In Done wood is used as sound body. Four string are put on it. A hole is bored on the playing surface of sound body to produce song. Four strings of So, Ye, Doh, So are used to be played. When it is Playing LuSi and Law Wal Traditional melodies , it can be played taking of Ye sound.\n-2 feet 4 inches in Length\n-1 feet 1.5 inches in Length of sound body\n-9.5 inches in Length of Guitar\n-9 inches in Girth of sound body\n-5.5 inches in Length of the place that put on key
Myanmar 2014-08-15 -
Lawraw Bamboo Flute
A man is playing Lawraw Bamboo Flute. He is blowing the mouth-hole with its reed and maneuvering the holes of fingerboard with fingers.
Myanmar -
Larchike Yoke Myan Sai Tant Khaik (Single string Guitar)
At about 800 BC, one leader of Lashi/Lachik people, WoGyant went to Baijing for the further studies. When he returned to home after completion of his studies, Chinese king gave him a present of Yoke Myan Sai Tant Khaik (Single string Guitar) to him. From that time on, it becomes a national musical instrument of Lashi/Lachik national race.\nThe guitar frame is made of Yamanay wood in the shape of hornbill bird. The jute string was used as the string in the past. But now it's replaced with a number one guitar string. The multiple melodies can be played with it adjusting the tuner at the gesture of crossbow shooting.\n-1 feet 11 inches in length\n-10.5 inches in length of the soundboard\n-7 inches in breadth of soundboard\n-2.5 inches in height of soundboard\n-1 feet 5 inches in length of string\n-13 inches in length of fingerboard
Myanmar 2014-08-18 -
Larchike New Chon Moe PyawHtwi (Buffalo’s Horn)
Before the period of 1963, Lashi/Lachik people settled in the mountain villages. The village head kept the buffalo horn in the house as an apparatus and he blew it for the gathering of the villagers to inform or decide something about the village. The young people also blow it in the sense of enjoyment when their high yielding crops are harvested. Sometimes when the lovers are in different mountains apart, the boyfriend informs his location to his girlfriend blowing this horn. At that time, the girlfriend returns a signal by setting fire something from her location.\nThe buffalo horn has to be boiled to get the flexibility for the desired shape. The big horns require the boiling for three hours at least. As the small horns can't produce the pleasant sound, only the big ones are chosen to make this musical instrument. But the extra large horns have to be blown with a great strength. It's blown by putting a great blow through the mouth-hole. Only those who have the even lip and teeth can blow it to produce the pleasant sound. Usually, the village head blows it in the longer tone while the dating of the lovers with it is in the shorter tone.\n-1 feet 2 inches in length\n-8.5 inches in circumference
Myanmar 2014-08-18