Term

Vietnam

Đing nǎm (gender unknown)

Translation: ?

Mouth organ with a gourd as wind chest

Êđê (or Ê Đê) people (prov. Đắk Lắk in the Tây Nguyên [Western [also called Central] Highlands], NE of Hồ Chí Minh City); Mouth organ with 6 pipes.

Gourd, with bamboo pipes (500-960 mm; Ø ca. 26 mm).

Synonym(s) (& alternative spellings)

Dinh nam, Khen bau, Köm boat

Subtypes

Kupuốt / Ku puốt

Sources

Trân vǎn Khê: Viêt-nam. Paris, 1967, p.113 (ding nam).

Web

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!]