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Malaysia (Borneo)

Instruments

Name: Selingup, Selngut, or Keringut (Kayan).

Type: Nose-flute > Aerophone.

Region: Sarawak, Borneo > Malaysia.

Source: Randy Raine Reusch, circa year 2005.

Description: The selingup is a small thin diameter lightweight nose-flute played amongst the Kayan people in the Malaysian side of Borneo. The Selingup is played by both men and woman and was also once regarded as a "sacred or ceremonial" instrument; the selingup is played in funerary practices and its also used in courtship. The selingup is capable of playing two octaves.
Citations: asza.com > selingup ; Discography, PAN records CD 2067 - The Music of Sarawak