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Sarunai - Traditional horny bambooflute from Minangkabau video

In Minangkabau, West Sumatra, the sarunai consists of a double reed of palm-leaf lamellae below which is a wooden or metal ring, two conically bored pipes fitting vertically into each other, with four fingerholes in the lower pipe, and a buffalo-horn or wooden flare. Alternatively a piece of rice-stalk about 8 cm long is fitted into an open thin piece of bamboo about 22 cm long; a U-shaped slit is cut in the top of the stalk to serve as a reed and four fingerholes are cut into the bamboo tube.It is played by "Mampasalisiehkan Hangok" or continually breathing. http://www.pandeka.com/

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