Percussion Jino Cypriot spit

In Jino folklore with such a legend: ancient times , the world Hunhundundun , the vast one .

1 Introduction
No alpine world , there is no moon and stars , no vegetation populated . Female waist white ink epoch beginning Zue , created all things . But forget the fresh water , no life on earth everything . Later ancestor made ​​out of the water , suddenly torrential rain , floods overwhelming , flooded the earth, people and animals can not escape . A waist white ink prior hollowed tree trunks covered with leather made ​​some drums , He let the ink , the ink girl brother and sister got into drums with water drift . After prehistoric , drum base for the company to stop secret was still young brother and sister , then they grow up , not to make human extinction , through divine revelation , He ink , ink girl married , multiply the Jino , Dai Hani and Blang . Thereafter , in order to thank the beginning Zue waist white ink to create the world , thanks to a drum to save mankind , every New Year we should sing ” drum tune,” jump “great encouragement ” to express nostalgia. Jino plug spit will become a sacred totem worship thing . God drum plug Tula became the patron saint of the village .
2 musical structure
Today plug spit , made ​​some orang hollowed tree logs, cylindrical . Size uncertain. Mongolia ends of the drum frame with yellow leather with wool untreated , drumhead diameter of 40 cm to 80 cm , height 70 cm frame drum to 120 cm, drum wall thickness of 3 cm to 5 cm . Gupi around the edges by twelve or sixteen square stick fixed . Stick 30 cm long , rough up fine , the thickest point is 4 cm square . After nailing , exposing the external frame drum stick length 25 cm . Look from both ends of the drum , drum heads like a red , glow sticks shine like the sun , with a strong original aesthetic . Therefore , people called Keno sun drums ( Figure ) . Drums sound hole on both sides of the body with a square , one for the sound , two for tethering . Some drum body is also painted red, white and black patterns. Wooden drum flog , whip length 30 cm , wood hammer both ends of the spherical head whip , holding the middle, the ends can be used for percussion.
3 produced plug spit
Production plug spit , Jino has a more strict customs. Must first selection into the mountains , where the treetops , branches broken caught not selected, then choose an auspicious date chosen felling trees . Felling trees at night , to kill a rooster memorial tree spirit , can not be called when cutting saw women or any animal , immediately after cutting the trees felled good drum cavity , and then carried back to their villages, the way women have to avoid. Mongolian Gupi most attention during the day the sun, moon night , there are lights are not Mongolia , the Mongolian most taboo these shiny silhouette reflect those drums into the drum cavity , off the drum inside the soul , so the best kept dark time not just fall into the sun is rising star of the morning. Before skinning , to recite prayers kill a chicken by the Presbyterian worship . After the mask , in order to drum hanging bamboo wood Mans sheep , chickens, ducks and other poultry simulation , the first sound to be the elders bowed and beating drums , plug spit that with Mang , cymbals roar , new drum Walled parent home hanging drum room is good, the village elders knelt parliamentary seven drum festival , fete Quanzhai elderly, declared the birth of a new plug spit .
4 ways of playing
After the 1960s , the community has greatly changed the face of Jino , the masses have shaken off the shackles of religious thought , plug spit has been widely used in various festivals and festive occasions . When playing, often spit the plug placed in a special trapezoidal cross drum rack, shelf height 130 cm , one after hitting a fixed rhythm , the two former turns dancing or drumming on one hit while dancing in front , energetic and beautiful dance , embouchure rich and varied . Another four executive sides , two cymbal ensemble. In the mass dance event, plug spit is the main rhythm instrument , use it , and Mang , cymbals and other musical accompaniment of song and dance called ” big inspiration ” , both singing and dancing , the song has a ” drum tune “, ” joy ,” “The New Year tune “and other tunes just a phrase , repeated singing different lyrics.
Playing in the form of 5
Before the 1960s , is still in the patrilineal clan Jino rural communes late stage of primitive communal society . By a seven -member village ” elders council ” management, led by two -person ” Walled Father ,” ” Walled mother” (all men ) . Each village has a pair of drums , the big drum for the mother , said Zhuoba , the small drum for the public , said Zhuo color , were placed in the Walled Walled female parent home. Anyone who does not usually knock or move freely only in the religious ritual ( such as worship of the goddess ) , building a new house and other activities before they strike outs . Cypriot spit really make people become musical accompaniment when entertainment is the annual New Year, celebrated for three days when people spit in Cyprus , under Mang , cymbals and other musical accompaniment , singing and dancing all night long . In other festive occasions, such as New Rice Festival , weddings and so can not knock the plug spit .