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Đing jơng (gender unknown)

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Mouth organ without a wind chest

No identical types known (yet).

Jarai (Gia Rai, or Djorai) and Bahnar (or Ba Na) people (Central Highlands); Mouth organ without a wind chest, with 13 pipes bundled together into 3 rows arranged in order from short to long; A musical instrument for women, who apparently have to blow directly in each individual pipe (➺ internet photos).

Made of bamboo (230-1190 mm; Ø 19 mm).

Ding teak, Dinh takta, Đing téc


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Viện Âm Nhạc [Music Institute]; NB (ws): Click on the subject for a short video and more information in Vietnamese [2019: Unfortunately, the optional English translation is of a rather poor quality!]