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Carved wooden buffalo head - basket balls and a wooden head hanging by the drum - some Chang drums are male, some are female, the sex discovered as follows - a few cuts are made (before felling) the tree is then left for the night - a man of the Ung clan observes his dreams - if he observes a woman meeting him, he says make the drum a woman, if a man make it a man - This drums name is Sande - a woman [Sande is the name given to the first female child born after a man has given a mithan feast.] - if a man appears in the dream, he also announces the drum's name.
In real size 664x546 / 109.2Kb
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Added 19/04/2015 Longshim

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