Grassroot Innovations

BamHum – a bamboo wind musical instrument

Details: Moa Subong is a musician who has developed BamHum, which is a new wind musical instrument made out of a bamboo. The name BamHum is derived from the two words, bamboo and humming. For playing the BamHum one has to simply hum a tune into the hum hole, which produces a melodic tune. The user can moderate the tone of his/her to get desired musical notes and pitch from the instrument, which takes some practice.

Innovator: Moa Subong, Dimapur, Nagaland

State: Dimapur, Nagaland

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org

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