The sasando, also called sasandu from Sandu or Sanu,[1] is a tube zither, a harp-like traditional music string instrument native to Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

The name sasando is derived from the Rote dialect word ”sasandu”, which means "vibrating" or "sounded instrument".

Surrounding the tube are several wooden pieces serving as wedges where the strings are stretched from the top to the bottom.

The stringed bamboo tube is surrounded by a bag-like fan of dried lontar or palmyra leaves (Borassus flabellifer), which functions as the resonator of the instrument.

Sangguana dreamt that he played beautiful music with a unique instrument whose sound and the melody was so enchanting.