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Photograph of reel ruu

Photograph of Lamkang musical instrument known as Reelruh. This instrument is played when they reelruh dance is being performed.The dance and musical is one of its only kind that only the Lamkangs used and no other tribes uses this particular instrument. It is made of bamboo, gourd and tarnap a local glue made from tree sap. Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi is know to have made many of these instruments.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a musical instrument called Sil kik made from Mithun horn

Photograph of a musical instrument called Sil kik in Lamkang made from Mithun horn. The horn or mithun whenever anyone kills them for festivities and celebrations are kept as they used as musical instrument in the Lamkang traditions.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Lamkang cultural drum called Khuung in Totlang K'kam festival

Photograph of Lamkang traditioal drums called [khuung] in Lamkang. This is a performance by the Lamkang laapuu during the Totlang K'am festival in 2008 at Phaaidaam village. Shetphong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi in the middle with a drum. Kotap Dilbung from Angbrasu village standing with a drum on the left hand side and Bunghon (Malikapa) Sankhil of Phaaidaam, drummer on the right handside singing the folk song.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library