Keluri

[1][2][3] Historically the keledi or keluri was played by the Orang Ulu people who come from Sarawak, Malaysia, the area northwest of the island of Borneo.

The Keluri consists of 4-6 bamboo pipes (sizes varying, 75 to 105 cm long) tied together or glued with cerumen and connected to the base, a gourd-shell wind chamber, which has been dried.

[3] Traditionally, the keluri was used in celebratory events to lead dances and rituals of hunting human heads.

[4] The instrument has been used onstage in Indonesia, by the Balaan Tumaan Ensemble, led by musician and composer Nursalim Yadi Anugerah.

The instrument is used to make polychordal music and tuned to a pentatonic scale, highest to lowest: C B♭ G F E C. The final c is a drone.