Sarunai Batang Padi or RICE STEM flute

Sarunai Batang Padi

There is another wind instrument music instrument made ​​of rice straw which was formerly used when the current rice harvest underway. This music instrument used by society Minangkabau, West Sumatra.
Pupuik (crowbar) Bars Rice also called Sarunai Batang Padi or rice stem flute, a kind of wind instrument popular in Minangkabau. In the past when the harvest comes, whistle rice stalks join the community entertain tired after harvesting rice in the rice fields. Device is an old rice stalks that have a book. Vocal cords are made near the base of books by breaking up and grind it carefully. 

Then the funnel is made from young coconut leaves or a kind of pandanus. Pandan leaf wrapped around the end of the crowbar to resemble horns. Depending on the wishes of the large funnel the whistle maker. Puput paddy stalk has no tone like * or * saluang Bansi, because they do not have the tone hole. When blown to the beautiful sounds with his tongue playing techniques as well as opening and closing some whistle mouthpiece with the palm of the hand and fingers when blow.
Rice stem flute is not durable, and made ​​for a moment, because rice straw is not durable or easy to dry up intelligence can not be used lagi.Dengan owned peniupnya this whistle can sing
Minangkabau sang the pentatonic, with street plays tongue and mouth open or close the whistle mouthpiece with the palm of the hand and fingers when it blew pupuit