Mandi and Chamang

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In the beautiful Chamang village, every night, you will see couples of young men and women playing the mango together, and you will hear the low and long sound of mango. This is the young man talking about love. Love, this long mango flute is really a musical instrument of "Luanfeng and Ming" style. Sometimes men play and women sing, and they are happy with each other.

Mandi and Chamang

The playing form of the mango flute is relatively unique, and both men and women must play together with each other. The man is on the left, the pipe body is horizontally to the right, the left hand holds the pipe head, the right finger presses the sound hole, and the mouth contains the pipe head reed, playing with a gentle air flow. The woman is on the right, the left hand supports the resonator placed obliquely on the ground, and the tail end of the main tube is put into the upper mouth of the resonator. According to the needs of the music played, the right hand fan, close, muffle and release at the mouth of the tube, and sometimes use the mouth to the mouth of the tube. Exhale, so as to constantly change the timbre and change the volume.

Mangdi has been passed down from generation to generation among Chamang people, and many happy marriages are concluded through mangdi.

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芒笛(百度百科)

Involving musical instruments

Mangdi (Pinyin: máng dí), also known as La Luomu and Lengnong, is a single-reed gas-sounding instrument unique to the Chamang people. It is popular in the area of Nanke Xinzhai, Mengla District, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.