Bangibang

Group: Ifugao

Photograph copyright: F. de Jager

Classification

Idiophone, percussion bar

Description

Set of at least seven wooden bars made of hard wood. Each bar has its own pitch and is hit by the player with a short stick of hard wood. Players have one stick each and play their own rythmic pattern, which fall together ('interlocking').
See also: Balingbing.

Dimensions: length: 47,5 cm., height: 5 cm., diameter: 2,6 cm.

Remarks

Ethnic group: Ifugao
Location: North Luzon (Cordillera)