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Bamboo or Gourd Instruments

Bamboo and gourd has been used in human life since ancient times. For example,the house of material, furniture, tableware, and toys. There are a lot of things made from bamboo and gourd.

Musical instruments is also one of them. In areas where bamboo and gourd has grown, it has been always used musical instruments made of bamboo and gourd.

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A large gourd trumpet. It is now so difficult to see this instrument in the area where this was used.

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Big shaker

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Wwind instrument used by a snake charmer

Dimkedim (1995/1995) by unknownHamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments

A large drum with gourd body which is played in the funeral ceremony.

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A set of bamboo trumpets

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The largest bamboo xylophones in the world which is originated in Negala district, the western part of Bali.

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Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments

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