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TRADITIONS & UTENSILS

 

 

 

  so

 

Thailand

Two different types of two-stringed so. The one in front is a so uh, with a sound box that consists of a polished coconut shell of which the front is covered with buffalo skin;

 

the one in the back is a so duang, with a slim wooden sound box of which the front is covered with a piece of snake skin. Both sound boxes have openings in the back to amplify the resonance of the acoustics.

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