Sasando is a traditional musical instrument of culture Rote, East Nusa Tenggara.

People Rote call (Sasandu),

means that the tools that vibrate or beep. Or in the language of Kupang often call sasando, stringed musical
instrument played by plucking with the fingers of the hand. Sasando is a musical instrument that is plucked.
Sasando purportedly been used in the community Rote since the 7th century.

Sasando main ingredient is bamboo that form a long tube. Then in the middle, from top to bottom circular
buffer given or lump-lump-in rote language called senda-place strings or string stretching around the bamboo
tube, resting from the top down. This Senda give different tones to every passage strings. At first tuner stringed
instrument made of wood, which must be rotated then tapped to set the right tone. Then this sasando tube is
placed in a container made of woven palm leaves called haik. Haik is what serves as resonance sasando.

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