Laos vs Khene - What's the difference?
laos | khene |
A traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.
* 1951 , Norman Lewis, A Dragon Apparent , Eland 2003, p. 296:
* 1997 , Dolly Brittan, The Hmong , Rosen Publishing 1997, p. 32:
* 2000 , Simon Broughton et al., The Rough Guide to World Music , Rough Guides 2000, p. 171:
* 2001 , Mervyn Brown, War in Shangri-La , Radcliffe 2001, p. 155:
As a proper noun Laos
is a country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic.As an initialism LAOS
is ΛΑΟΣ, the Popular Orthodox Rally, a Greek political party (Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός).As a noun khene is
a traditional musical instrument of Laos, being a type of bamboo mouth organ.khene
English
(wikipedia khene)Alternative forms
* khaen * *Noun
(en noun)- There are processions led by dancers with castanets and accompanied by musicians playing the Kène .
- The khene was once used to call warriors to fight. Now it is used for ceremonies.
- The Lao khaen , however, is the most sophisticated of all the bamboo mouth organs – it takes great skill to play it properly.
- I then suggested that he should play a tune on the khène while I improvised an accompaniment on the ukelele.