Suling

Suling ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ
Suling with the Kacapi
Woodwind instrument
Inventor(s)Sundanese people
DevelopedIndonesia
A Native Indonesian boy, playing a Sundanese Suling instrument.
Seruling Gambuh Bali
Suling players (bottom row) depicted on the 8th-century reliefs of Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia
Suling, transverse bamboo flute, Papua, New Guinea. The word suling describes mostly lengthways flutes but also some transverse flutes made of bamboo.

The suling (Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮜᮤᮀ) is a musical instrument of the Sundanese people in Indonesia. It is used in the Degung ensemble. Bamboo ring flute can also be found in Southeast Asian, especially in Brunei,[1] Indonesia,[2] Malaysia,[2] the Philippines and Singapore.[3]

  1. ^ Awang Mohd; Zain Jamil Al-Sufri (1990). Tarsilah Brunei: sejarah awal dan perkembangan Islam (in Malay). Jabatan Pusat Sejarah Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia, dan Sukan.
  2. ^ a b Ooi, Keat Gin (1 January 2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. ABC-CLIO. pp. 923–. ISBN 978-1-57607-770-2.
  3. ^ Fodor's Exploring Singapore & Malaysia. Fodor's Travel Publications Incorporated. 1994. ISBN 9780679026662.