Answer:
One end of the pipe is cut at a node of the bamboo, and a blowing hole is cut in the center of the node. The player holds the flute at an angle and places the blowing hole against one nostril, then directs breath into the flutes through his nose. A solo instrument played only by men for courting and funeral.
Explanation:
Tongali
Group: Kalingga
Noseflute
The end of the tubes with the blowing hole burnt in the node.
In the middle and on the left are Kalleleng from the Bontoc.
Photographs copyright: F. de Jager
Classification
Aerophone, vertital flute. nose flute
Description
Long bamboo tubes, closed at one end by the node in which the blowing hole is burnt. The flute has three finger holes. The blowing hole is placed under an angle against the nose and the player gently blows into the tube.
Dimensions: length: 57,5 cm., diameter 2 cm.
