Name: Selingup, Selngut, or Keringut (Kayan).
Type: Nose-flute > Aerophone.
Region: Sarawak, Borneo > Malaysia.
Length of Instrument:
Acquisition Date: Circa year 2005.
Acquisition Source: Randy Raine Reusch.
Description:
The selingup is a small short length thin diameter light weight flute. It is played by the Kenya / Kayan people in the Malaysian side of Borneo. The selingup is played by both men and women. Once the selingup was regarded as a sacred instrument it was played during funerary rights, ceremonies and courtship. The selingup is capable of playing two octaves.
Citations: asza.com > selingup ; Discography, PAN records CD 2067 - The Music of Sarawak.