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Orang Ulu Section
Collection indicated by number of 60-minute tapes.
- Bamboo tube zither -- pagang or lutong in Penan (1 tape consisting of different titles/tune).
- Jaws harp -- oreng or ilut in Penan (1 tape consisting of different title/tune from Penan and Kajang peoples in Belaga District)
- Bamboo nose-flute -- keringut in Penan (1 tape consisting of different titles/tunes from Penan in Baram and Belaga and Kejaman of Belaga.
- Gourd and bamboo mouth organ -- kelure or kedure in Penan (1 tape consisting of different titles/tunes from the Penan of Baram and Belaga and Kejaman of Belaga.
- Sape -- 20 tapes consisting of different titles/tunes from various Orang Ulu groups: Kenyah, Kayan and Penan.
Included in the sape music collection are: 1) ritual tunes by a famous Kayan sape player, Taman Basah of Belaga; 2) sape played in combination with a wooden xylophone (jatung lutang) by the most accomplished sape players from Long Mekaba, Baram; 3) the urau and some other traditional tunes by Kenyah Badang sape players from Long Gang, Belaga, considered to be the best sape players in Sarawak today; and 4) sinui tunes by Penan players from Long Wat, Belaga who developed a distinctively different style of sape playing.
Three sape' players performing at a concert.
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