Watch: Made from bamboo, this flute produces melodious sound when swung in the air

“There was a thick forest in those days and there were animals such as tigers, cheetahs, and bears in the jungle. So, if you would swing this, they would stay away,” Mandawi says in the clip, which has now gone viral. Here, take a look:

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The ingenuity of the indigenous people.

Here’s Maniram Mandawi with his signature swinging bamboo flutes. What does it do? How does it work? Got a minute? Have a look. pic.twitter.com/jnonvfS4eX

— People’s Archive of Rural India (@PARInetwork) February 26, 2021

In another clip, an emotional Mandawi also spoke about the shrinking forest cover and how it is affecting his work. “The jungle used to be filled with big trees… There are no big trees anymore. It is going to be difficult to continue making swinging flutes,” read the tweet.

He gets teary thinking about the shrinking forests. The jungle used to be filled with big trees… There are no big trees anymore. It is going to be difficult to continue making swinging flutes. pic.twitter.com/hZGR5AMnIT

— People’s Archive of Rural India (@PARInetwork) February 26, 2021

Since being shared online, the video has garnered over 39,000 views with netizens quite intrigued with the unique flute.

Very interesting!!

— Priya (@prikoushik) February 26, 2021

This is beyond brilliant. Thank you for always working so hard to bring us information like this

— kindness (@amo_libri) February 26, 2021

I once bought almost 50 of them in one exhibition and used a lot of them for home decoration..they are really beautiful piece of art as well

— Amitabh (@amitabhnayan) February 26, 2021

Thanks for sharing this @PARInetwork
It’s amazing to see the ‘ingenuity of the indigenous’ but also pains to see all goods (woods, fruits, wild life, tribal tradition) almost on the verge of extinction.
Hope your efforts bear the fruit & can salvage from this tragedy.

— Kuldeep Kaur (@dr_kaur) February 26, 2021

Where could we buy this from?

— #AndolanJeevi #SaveIndianFarmers (@SVedanthangal) February 26, 2021