Lahu Naw

This Lahu musical gourd pipe (Naw) is made of a gourd inserted with five bamboo tubes of different lengths tuned to the pentagonic scale. At the base of each tube is a finely crafted reed. These instruments are made in various sizes, used to play various tones. Traditionally, this gourd pipe is used by boys as a courting music, and to send messages from one village to another. Lahu Sheh Leh, one of the Lahu sub-groups, blow the gourd pipe in healing ceremonies. During the bridge ritual, as they believe that God brought the first man and woman out of a gourd, and feel that it gives God a special pleasure to hear this music, one of the men blows the pipe almost constantly. The gourd pipe is also used to play music during the New Year festival.





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