Folk traditions of the area include that of the Moken seafarers and various kinds of ritual tribal dance.
One instrument played on the Andaman Islands was a sounding board called a pū kuta yem nga.
[1] This is a large wooden board in the shape of an oval that is half-buried in the sand while the upper half is supported by a stone.
[3] Curt Sachs, the German musicologist, noted the culture of song-generation on the Andaman Islands among native inhabitants: "--and even the child are instructed in this art.
While carving a boat or a bow, or while rowing, the Andamanese sings his song quietly to himself until he is satisfied with it and then introduces it at the next dance.