The saluang is a traditional musical instrument of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Minangkabau people believe that talang which is collected from rack of clothes dryer or found drifting in the river is a good material for making saluang.

[2] Traditionally Minangkabau people also use talang as a container for sticky rice food (lamang, lemang) and as horizontal rack for drying clothes (jemuran kain) under sunlight .

Style of saluang tune for example : Singgalang, Pariaman, Koto Tuo, Ratok Solok, Cupak, Salayo and Pauah.

In the past, Minangkabau people believed that saluang player have pitunang (mantra) or magic power for hypnotizing the audience.