The humble "bijuli baah", an indigenous bamboo grown in Assam will now represent and carry the name of Bhupen Hazarika in the form of a musical instrument.
'Bhupendra Lohori', a modified version of the percussion instrument called rainstick, was unveiled here on Saturday. The musical instrument has been made by Tridip Mahanta, a Unesco-Sea of Excellence Award conferred bamboo artist. He said he wanted to dedicate the instrument to the doyen of Assam on the occasion of his upcoming first death anniversary.
The instrument which churns out the sound of falling rain and the flow of water is available in two types. The first type consists of a single cylindrical tube which produces sound by holding it and moving it sideways. The other type is an assortment of ten such tubes bundled together which is put in a frame that is moved in circles. The size of the instrument is between 18 to 33 inches.
The inside of the instrument that produces sound consists of different forms of lentils, cereals, seeds, kidney beans and plastic beads and hundreds of nails inside it. When the tube is moved up and down, the beaded components, flowing from one side of the tube to the other, produce a sound similar to that of rain.
"Last year when Hazarika passed away, I thought of doing something for him. One day a friend of mine showed me the rainstick. That was when I decided to modify it. I studied the instrument and its technique. The original instrument is around 10 mm and can make sound for 1.8 seconds. I have made several instruments and used around 500 to 2812 nails in them to produce sound," said Mahanta.
'Bhupendra Lohori', a modified version of the percussion instrument called rainstick, was unveiled here on Saturday. The musical instrument has been made by Tridip Mahanta, a Unesco-Sea of Excellence Award conferred bamboo artist. He said he wanted to dedicate the instrument to the doyen of Assam on the occasion of his upcoming first death anniversary.
The instrument which churns out the sound of falling rain and the flow of water is available in two types. The first type consists of a single cylindrical tube which produces sound by holding it and moving it sideways. The other type is an assortment of ten such tubes bundled together which is put in a frame that is moved in circles. The size of the instrument is between 18 to 33 inches.
The inside of the instrument that produces sound consists of different forms of lentils, cereals, seeds, kidney beans and plastic beads and hundreds of nails inside it. When the tube is moved up and down, the beaded components, flowing from one side of the tube to the other, produce a sound similar to that of rain.
"Last year when Hazarika passed away, I thought of doing something for him. One day a friend of mine showed me the rainstick. That was when I decided to modify it. I studied the instrument and its technique. The original instrument is around 10 mm and can make sound for 1.8 seconds. I have made several instruments and used around 500 to 2812 nails in them to produce sound," said Mahanta.
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