Description :This musical instrument is cast in steel, the provenance of this instrument is link to South India but some of the machunga made either of copper or iron is easily available in the shops around Gangtok.
The feature of this musical instrument resembles a trident. Thin central strip is regularly tapered and tensioned with a bent tip. The Central strip is fixed at the round metal of thick dimension which is open at one point with two tapered arrow heads issuing from both the ends.
The macunga is popular folk musical instrument and very commonly played by the South Indian Musicians. In Sikkim proper machunga is played by the village folk when they go to work.
Three arrow head of the machunga is drawn on the lips with slightly touching the teeth and with the finger the central string is softly beaten.
The macunga is a rhythmic instrument and is played with taal. Now-a-days machunga is recognized as a musical instrument and its notes and scales are being developed. In the famous dohri music of Nepalmachunga often accompanies madal and other instruments.
This particular macunga was the property of the Song and Drama Unit, Community Hall. CA&HD and was donated to StateMuseum for display.
Source :Sikkim State Archives
Type :Instrument
Received From :Sikkim State Archives
DC Field
Value
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South India
dc.date.accessioned
2019-10-31T15:37:45Z
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2019-10-31T15:37:45Z
dc.description
This musical instrument is cast in steel, the provenance of this instrument is link to South India but some of the machunga made either of copper or iron is easily available in the shops around Gangtok.
The feature of this musical instrument resembles a trident. Thin central strip is regularly tapered and tensioned with a bent tip. The Central strip is fixed at the round metal of thick dimension which is open at one point with two tapered arrow heads issuing from both the ends.
The macunga is popular folk musical instrument and very commonly played by the South Indian Musicians. In Sikkim proper machunga is played by the village folk when they go to work.
Three arrow head of the machunga is drawn on the lips with slightly touching the teeth and with the finger the central string is softly beaten.
The macunga is a rhythmic instrument and is played with taal. Now-a-days machunga is recognized as a musical instrument and its notes and scales are being developed. In the famous dohri music of Nepalmachunga often accompanies madal and other instruments.
This particular macunga was the property of the Song and Drama Unit, Community Hall. CA&HD and was donated to StateMuseum for display.
Government of India
