I met this man while at the Mayfest in Tulsa this summer. He makes most of these wind instruments himself. Orginally, he says that these long wooden tubes grow in the everglade types of water environments in Austrailia and that Ants or Termites hollow out the long tubes for their own nesting. They require alot of wind to play them and much diaphram control. But it's a very different instrument and sound to enjoy. The vast number of shells attache to his legs he simply moves his legs to the rythm he chooses during a song performance. Quite primitive which makes it very Earthy...!
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