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14-OCT-2007

P1000332.jpg

This outstanding huge beauty is a mouthorgan called "Qeej", mainly used by the Hmong people in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam (you see a Vietnamese version). This instrument knows sizes of over two meters in length and is sometimes played in a special kind of dance, wherein the player turns over to different directions several times in order to irritate spirits and ghosts or to represent the research for positive spirits.
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For more informations please visit my pages:
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http://www.musicofasia.info/htmls/vietnam/vietnam_i-qeej.html
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Dieses aussergewöhnliche Instrument ist eine große Mundorgel namens "Qeej" aus Vietnam vom Volk der Hmong. Auch hier erreichen die Rohre bei manchen Instruemnten eine Länge von über 2 m, und das Instrument wird oft beim Tanz zur Anrufung oder Vertreibung von Geistern gespielt.
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Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf meiner Seite:
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www.musikausasien.de

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