Kolintang
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Kolintang is a traditional Minahasan percussion instrument from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, consisting of wooden blades arranged in a row and mounted on a wooden tub. Kolintang is usually played in ens
A kolintang ensemble, a traditional musical instrument from the Minahasa region of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Kolintang ensemble performance.
Various kolintang instruments in an ensemble.
Balafon
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The balafon is a gourd-resonated xylophone, a type of struck idiophone. It is closely associated with the neighbouring Mandé, Bwaba Bobo, Senoufo and Gur peoples of West Africa, particularly the Guine
A fixed-key balafon, showing resonators with membrane holes
Children from Burkina Faso performing in Warsaw, Poland, during the 5th Cross Culture Festival, September 2009
Gum-rubber mallets on a balafon
Djembe and balafon, Guinea