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TRADITIONS & UTENSILS

 

 

 

  kyi-zi

 

Myanmar

A kyi-zi is a small brass plate gong sometimes used by Burmese monks on bintabaat, i.e. alms round.

 

The kyi-zi used by monks and novices is usually bell-shaped (fig.) and is hit three times in succession as a symbol of the Trairat.

 

  kyi-zi