Instruments
The Puik-puik shawm

The  "Puik-puik"  is a a shawm which is basic for most ensemble music in South Sulawesi, for example the music for fight shows or the traditional Pakarena dances. This shawm has six equidistant finger holes, is 32.5 cm long, 5 cm in diameter on the end and 1.4 cm on top. Like with all shawms, the most important part of the instrument is the mouthpiece, a double reed. The "Puik puik" shawm is surely coming from the Arabian shwams like the "Mizma" or "Zurna", it can be found in ensembles allover Southeast Asia. In the video below, Serang Dakko is showing a free improvisation with lots of fast ornamentations and funny moves like the sliding finger.

* Video 01 *    

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