The luntang is a xylophone instrument played either by a single person or two persons sitting on either side. The instrument is quite often used for self-entertainment to keep farmers awake while scaring birds off the fields. It was also used as a form of long-distance communication. The luntang is a type of Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people, strung vertically, with five horizontal logs hung in ascending order arranged by pitch. The Maguindanaon refer to this instrument as a luntang while the Yakan call it a kwintangan kayo.
Heres a short video of a luntang instrument
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