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English: A lion dance costume and musical instruments from Singapore at the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Singapore

Clarinet (single-reed pipe)
Indian people, 20th c.
Plastic, metal, cork, felt
Musicians playing Indian music, favor the
key system on this clarinet.[1]
Mukhavīnā (double-reed pipe)
Indian people, early 21st c.
Wood, textile[1]
Hadrah (single-headed frame drum)
Malay people, early 21st c.
Wood, goatskin, metal[1]
Rebana dikir barat[1]
(single-headed frame drum)
Malay people, late 20th c.
Played to accompany dikir barat, a type
of Islamic choral singing.[1]
Mrdangam
(double-headed barrel drum)
Indian people, 20th c.
Wood, cow skin, textile[1]
Lion dance costume
Chinese people, early 21st c.
Textile, wood, plastic artificial far, feathers
Worn by two dancers, one at the lion's
head, the other at its rear.
Cymbals
Gong[2]
Chinese ? ..., early 21st c.
... ...
Single-headed barrel drum
Chinese people, early 21st c.
Wood, animal skin, metal, textile
Played with cymbal and gongs [for ?]
accompany with dancers.
In the tropical metropolis of Singapore, East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian,
and European musical traditions and cultures come together.
The city-state's ethnic Chinese majority
often selebrates holidays with traditional
lion dancers. Festival lion-dance troupes
parade through Singapore's streets
to the deafening din of drum, gongs,
and cymbals. Competing troupes merge
acrobatic skills with martial arts.

Other comminities of Asian, European,
and mixed ethnic heritage contribute
to Singapore's musical character.
Malay weddings resound with the
interlocking rhythms of frame-drum
ensembles. South Indian celebrations
often feature the nasal melodies of a
double-reed mukhavina with mrdangam
drumming. Western classical and
popular styles enjoy an avid following
across the country, as reflected by such
multiethnic groups as the Singapore
symphony Orchestra and Chorus.




Date March 2014; 1 June 2014, 09:05 (original upload date).
Source Musical instruments on display at the MIM.
Author Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
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  1. a b c d e f kryptonic83 (2016-08-05 09:49:42). Singapore Instruments. Flickr.
  2. Diann Bayes (diannbayes) (2018-08-12 19:56:49). Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix,AZ [Singapore]. Flickr.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Alaskan Dude at https://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/14165129449. It was reviewed on 4 July 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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