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Saung gauk

Also known as စောင်းကောက် · Burmese arched harp

Saung gauk: photograph by Philip Nalangan
Photo: Philip Nalangan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Pluck 13 silk strings of a boat-bodied arched harp to follow falling-note songs or improvise melodies.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Myanmar.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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