Valiha
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Name (Latin)
Valiha
Other forms of name
Baliha
Marovany (Tube zither)
Valeha
Valiha-volo
Volo
See Also From tracing topical name
Musical instruments Madagascar
Tube zither
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q7911694
Library of congress:
sh 93007669
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Madagascar [SR] p1989.
- New Grove dict. of musical instruments:Valiha (A type of tube zither; volo; valiha-volo; baliha) Marovany (A type of box zither; also used for valiha)
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Valiha diffusa MNHN-P-P00754007
MNHN - Paris, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, SM - 2009, CC BY 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Valiha is a bamboo genus in the tribe Bambuseae found in Madagascar. The genus is named after a musical instrument, the valiha, which was formerly constructed from the culms of this plant. It may have come from Proto-Austronesian *balija or *baliga referring to Dendrocalamus strictus used to make cutting blades and beaters due to its hard properties – the beater tool also called a belira or balila in many related Austronesian languages – later transferred to newly discovered Malagasy bamboos. Two species are accepted: Valiha diffusa S.Dransf. Valiha perrieri (A.Camus) S.Dransf.
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