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Berbaling

Berbaling 1. *bull-roarer of Malay, now very rare, formerly used for scaring elephants away from plantations; 2. *aeolian pipe of Malay, with one end stopped and the other beveled, attached to a windmill-like device. Also called baling (18). Balfour, Henry. “Report on a Collection of Musical Instruments from the Siamese Malay States and Perak,” in Fasciculi Malayensis, Anthropology, Part II. Liverpool, 1904.

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