Labels:animal | book | bulletin board | hakham | reckoner | rock | teddy bear | trade name | vegetarianism OCR: FACTS BOX NAME: RKANG -GLING FAMILY: Brass BRASS PITCH RANGE: Less than one octave. MA TERIAL: Metal usually copper bu sometimes human bone SIZE: About 17in (43 cm long ORIGINS: The rkang- gling is a Tibetan trumpet used in Buddhist ritual. It usually played as one of a pair GO TOMAF CLASSIFICATION: Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air DID YOU KNOW? Rkang-glings were originally made from the human femur (thigh) bone This is because Buddhists believe that once dead, your body is no more use to you and, like old clothes. can be used by anyone else The word rkang means femur while gling means flute vibr swere
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