Sompoton, a traditional musical instrument played by the Kadazan Dusun tribe and its originally from Tambunan district, Northern part of Sabah. Sompoton is made of by dried gourd and using a combination of 8 bamboo pipes inserted into it together with beeswax and 5 vines. The sounds of Sompoton can be described similar as the bagpipe + the mouth organ which are now occasionally been played during the Harvest Festival.
How to play Sompoton?
Using a mouth to blows and sucks air through the gourd mouth-piece to released the sounds of Sompoton.
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By: Research Post #4 Gourds « Michelle on June 19, 2009
at 7:52 am
Thanks for giving us information about Malaysian musical instruments. Your picture of the Sompoton was shot beautifully, so suited for travel magazines. Way to go
By: Musical Gear on July 28, 2009
at 9:09 am
No probs! you’re always welcome.. if any of you interested to have my photos just drop me a line at esharkj[at]gmail[dot]com, sure we can discuss further. Thanks
By: esharkj on August 5, 2009
at 11:44 am