Khaen

Khaen

Subclass of	free reed aerophone
Country of origin	Laos
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01296, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01296, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01296
Hornbostel-Sachs classification	412.132

khaen (/ˈkɛn/; de ti gulesɛ e solemiine puan ti "Can", Lao tiŋa tɔgum puan: ແຄນ Thai tiŋa tɔgum puan: แคน, RTGS: khaen,dee ti ba wi’ira  [kʰɛ̄ːn]; Khmer: គែន - Ken; Vietnamese: khèn bii kheng) de la Lao tiŋa duma nuurɛ wia n tari yoko, ba me ni dikɛ la banbuu dɔɔ maalɛ e, ni dikɛ e toŋe la dɔpika n tari yoko dee ke’em tara paŋa ti b ani maalɛ tib a nyaa pɛɛbera e ti sapebesum dɔla nuuren yɛsera. Khene wa de la Laos tiŋa duma de’eŋo lɔkɔ.^[1][2] Khene yuuma de la sɛla n lagum pa’asɛ Lao tiŋa duma vom yɛla puan tara suŋerɛ bɔ’ɔra ba yɛa puan la ba buuri za’a yɛla puan^[3] dee 2017 yuunɛ la puan ti a me yuum lagum pa’asɛ UNESCO a lagum pa’asɛ ‘intangible Cultural Heritage Humanity’ yu’ura la puan.^[4] Lao Isan buuri n kɔ’ɔm tara lɔkɔ wa dɛ’ɛna la yizuto basɛba n boi Tai tiŋa puan magesi wuu tai dam n boi ‘north Vietnam’ la Lao nɛreba zo’e zo’e n boi Stung Treng dee ti ba kelum tara e dɛ’ɛna ‘lakhon ken’ tiŋa puan, Cambodian de’eŋo wa’a buuri tib a dikɛ lagum pa’asɛ ti a dɛna de’eŋo lɔkɔ la de miŋa^[5][6] n boi Vietnam tiŋa puan, Tai tiŋa nɛreba la Muong tiŋa nɛreba n tari e dɛ’ɛna ti a dɛna ba de’eŋo lɔkɔ.

khene tari la zaalesum wia tib a dikɛ ‘brass’ la\bii ‘silver’ maalɛ e. A ŋwɔni me la Western tiŋa duma zaalesum wia magesi wuu, ‘harmonium, concertina, accordion, harmonica, la bandoneon’, tib a yuum maalɛ ba 18^th ‘century’ saŋa la puan pɔsega, Chinese sheng tiŋa puan, a ŋwɔsum taaba nuu tib a tari siŋɛ St. Petersburg, Russia tiŋa puan.

Khene tari la buuri buuri a nuu (lai, bii pentatonic) la limesego yogero yima yima, ti ba lagesɛ bana wa za’a la yizuto tuyi puan (thang san la thang yao). Ti  thang san yizuo la de la lai sutsanaen (G A C D E), lai po sai (C D F G A), la lai soi (D E G A B), dee ti thang yao yizuo la me dɛna lai yai (A C D E G) la lai noi (D F G A C). ba dikɛ Lai po sai ti a dɛna la mina n yuu gana dee ti, lai sutsanaen me dɛna Lai Khaen duma “sɔ”. ba me ta’am kelum dikɛ khene me ŋmɛ ti a dɛna Solo de’eŋo lɔkɔ (dio khene), ti la dɛna a dikɛ pa’asɛ tib a naɛ taaba (magesi wuu, wong pong lang la khene wong), bii a dɛna sɛla n wan nyaŋɛ lagum suŋa Lao bii Isan solo yunyuuna (mor lam). Ba me ni kelum magesɛ saŋa dikɛ e naɛ la ba buuri ‘fretted plucked lute’ tib a wi’ira e ti’phin’.

Yunyuuneba sɛba n gulesɛ de’eŋo lɔkɔ wa yele dela ‘Annea Lockwood, Christopher Adler, David Loeb la Vera Ivanova’.

1. ↑ Exhibition: "Voices of the Wind: Traditional Instruments in Laos" (en).
2. ↑ Miller, Terry (2001). "The Music of Laos. Anthology of World Music". Yearbook for Traditional Music 33: 208. DOI:10.2307/1519681. ISSN 0740-1558.
3. ↑ Harris, Robin P. (2017-10-01), "Examining the Role of UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage", Storytelling in Siberia, University of Illinois Press, retrieved 2023-12-30
4. ↑ UNESCO - Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices (en).
5. ↑ Error on call to Şablon:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.
6. ↑ Kray Thong, info.