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Latitude
27.235
Longitude
96.402
Start Date
2019-01-02
End Date
2019-01-02

Description

About the playing of the gongs with the Wihu song from Shimbwiyan - this would be accomopanied by a set of gong players in 3s. The main person is the middle player. The left side starts with bong kum, then the right plays bong kue; then the middle (biggest kong) plays bong bong bong kue (this was videod as nstlki20190102_03SMJ_GongVocal). He added that there used to be 6 gongs in one set, very small ones. But this is not found these days. The six person set is no more, but some people still use the small gongs in a four person set. The six person set was all small gongs, but one was slightly bigger. All six had different notes. We then discussed where the gongs came from. Their fathers said that in the old days they used to buy them from India, but more recently they would be bought in Myanmar. He saw the playing of the 6 gong set in his childhood. The bamboo set that set which he has in Mandalay is imitating the 6 gong set. He then tried with vocalization to imitate it.

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ID
tcd0f5
Source
https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/SDM24/nstlki20190102_05SMH_Gongs

Extended Data

ID
SDM24-nstlki20190102_05SMH_Gongs
Countries
Myanmar - MM
Publisher
Stephen Morey
Contact
admin@paradisec.org.au
License
Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)
Rights
Open (subject to agreeing to PDSC access conditions)