Arts

Indonesia:

Blangkan-Traditional head gear in Java

Bone Carvings-Art made of bones

Ivory Carvings-Art made of elephant tusks

Rattan Basket-Most recognized and most commonly used basket in Indonesia

Malaysia:

Wau-Malaysian Kite

Pewter-Malleable metal alloy

Labu Sayong-Black-gourd shaped pitcher

Thailand:

Benjarong-Thai Traditional Jar

Krathong-Lotus shaped-container floats

Singapore:

Merlion-Mythical Creature w/ a lion’s head and a body of a fish

Myanmar:

Teakwood lattice work-carving on wood

Vietnam:

Non La-Flat Conical Hat

Fabric

1.Batik-Indonesian dyeing technique

a.Nitik-geometric motis

b.Kawung-interesting cricles

c.Ceplong-diagonal lines such as angles,squares,and stars

d.Parang-Knife patterns or broken blades

2.Malaysian Batik

3.Cambodian Ikat-Weaving of threads

4.Sinh-hand-woven textiles from Laos

5.Golden Threads Silk-Soft and smooth silk

6.Thai Textiles-Made from cocoons of Thai Silkworms

Vietnam Music:

Khruang Sai-enessemble composed of stringed instruments

Chakee-zither instrument

Sau-saam-saay-Fiddle instrument(2-3 strings)

Pi phat-ensemble made up of percussion & woodwind instruments

Pinai-woodwind instruments which plays the melody part

Ranat Eklek-wooden xylophone which plays the principle part

Taphon-rhythm provider drum

Mahori-ensemble made up of both piphat and the khruang sai instruments and traditionally played by
women.

Trung- The t'rung (đàn T'rưng) is a traditional bamboo xylophone used by the Jarai people and ...
Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments.

Trong Com- A trống cơm, literally "rice drum", is a kind of traditional bongo-shaped
Vietnamese drum from Chinese yaogu.

Chinese Music:

Pipa-The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of
instruments.

Ruan-The ruan is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a
circular body, and four strings.

Erhu-two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called
a Southern Fiddle, and sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-
stringed fiddle.

Titzu-Circled 4 stringed musical instrument

Xiao-The xiao is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of bamboo

Sheng-The sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. It is a
polyphonic instrument and enjoys an increasing popularity as a solo instrument.
Suona-The suona, also called laba or haidi, is a Chinese sorna. It has a distinctively loud and high-pitched
sound, and is used frequently in Chinese traditional music ensembles, particularly those that perform
outdoors.

Pan ku-Bangu. Bangu, Wade-Giles romanization pan-ku, also called danpi, Chinese frame drum that,
when struck by one or two small bamboo sticks, creates a sharp dry sound essential to the aesthetics of
Chinese opera. It is also used in many Chinese chamber music ensembles.

Chan ku-little drum

Korean Music:

Kayagum-The gayageum or kayagum is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument with 12 strings,
though some more recent variants have 21 or other numbers of strings. It is probably the best known
traditional Korean musical instrument.

Komungo-The geomungo or hyeongeum is a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither
family of instruments with both bridges and frets. Scholars believe that the name refers to Goguryeo
and translates to "Goguryeo zither" or that it refers to the colour and translates to "black crane zither".

Haegum-a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. It has a rodlike neck, a hollow
wooden soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played
with a bow.

Taegum-The daegeum (also spelled taegum, daegum or taegŭm) is a large bamboo transverse flute used
in traditional Korean music.

Piri-The piri is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of
Korea. It is made of bamboo. Its large reed and cylindrical bore gives it a sound mellower than that of
many other types of oboe.

Tanso-The danso is a Korean notched, end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in Korean folk music. It is
traditionally made of bamboo, but since the 20th century it has also been made of plastic.

Ching-The ching is a Korean gong idiophone

Changgo- the most representative drum in traditional Korean music.

Kkwaengwari- The kkwaenggwari (Korean pronunciation: [k͈wɛŋ.gwa.ɾi]) is a small flat gong used
primarily in folk music of Korea. It is made of brass and is played with a hard stick.

Japanese Music:

Kakko (羯鼓) — small drum used in gagaku

Shōko (鉦鼓) — small bronze gong used in gagaku; struck with two horn beaters

Koto (琴, 箏) — long zither

Shamisen (三味線) — A banjo-like lute with three strings, the shamisen was brought to Japan from
China in the 16th century. Popular in Edo's pleasure districts, the shamisen was often used in Kabuki
theater. Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 meters long, the shamisen has ivory
pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in cat or dog skin. The strings, which are of
different thickness, are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell pick.

Biwa- a pear shaped lute

Shō (笙) — 17-pipe mouth organ used for gagaku

Shakuhachi (尺八) — vertical bamboo flute used for Zen meditation

Hichiriki (篳篥) — double-reeded flute used in different kinds of music

Odaiko- Odaiko simply means “big drum” and the worlds' largest is almost ten feet in diameter.

Thai Music:

Taphon (ตะโพน) or klawng taphon (กลองตะโพน) - sacred barrel drum; played with the hands and used in
the piphat ensemble and it is an membranophone

Ranat ek lek (ระนาดเอกเหล็ก) - higher metallophone