Traditional Instrument

 Traditional Instrument

This week I have been looking at two traditional instruments, the traditional instruments are the conch shell or knowing as pūtātara and the wooden trumpet or knowing as pūkāea. Here is a bit more information about the conch shell and the wooden trumpet. 

Traditional Instrument

The Conch shell. 

The conch shell was used for many reasons like, using the conch for if there is danger in the area or if danger coming out on sea.The conch shell can also be used for communication. Another way is if you were lost you could use the conch shell. Now the way you use the conch shell is pretty much simple: you use it like a trumpet, the way that you use the trumpet, you have your mouth in a position like if you have no teeth and at the same time make a buzzing sound.

And did you know that the conch shell is really rare to find on land but common in the sea

The Pūkāea Wooden Trumpet

The pūkāea wooden trumpet was really used for the thing that the conch was really used for. If there was danger in the area or danger coming from sea the pūkāea would be handy to use. Lets just say if a big event happened but the villagers don't know anything the leader's right hand man would use the Pūkāea so all the villagers would hear them and come to the whare.