pūniu (English spelling) puniu

… [Masai Yasuo]
[Traditional Music]
Hawaii shares with other Polynesian islands the fact that music has been combined with literature and dance in traditional culture, but it has an exceptionally wide variety of musical instruments among Polynesians. The basic instruments used to accompany the hula dance include the pahu, a one-sided drum made from a hollowed-out palm log covered with sharkskin, the pūniu, a one-sided drum made from a coconut shell covered with fish skin and tied to the knee, and the ipu, a giant gourd played by pounding it on a mat or striking it with the fingers or palms. The musical instruments that the dancers themselves collect and hold include kala'au, which are made by striking two pieces of hard wood together; ul'ul'i, which are feather-decorated rattles made of small gourds or coconut shells with pebbles or seeds inside; pū'ili, which are bamboo tubes split into thin strips like combs and struck against the body; and 'ili'ili, which are two pairs of flat stones held in both hands and struck together like castanets. Each of these instruments creates a richly varied sound world with its own unique tone.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pūniu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…【正井 泰夫】
［伝統音楽］
　ハワイ伝統文化において音楽が文芸，舞踊と結合した形で行われてきた点では他のポリネシア諸島と共通しているが，ポリネシアの中では例外的に楽器の種類が多い。ヤシの丸太をくりぬきサメ皮を張った片面太鼓パフpahu，ヤシ殻に魚皮を張り膝に結びつける片面太鼓プーニウpūniu，巨大なひょうたんをマットの上で搗奏したり，指や手のひらで打奏するイプipuなどは舞踊フラhulaの伴奏楽器として基本的である。おもに踊手自身が採物として手に持つ音具としては，2本の硬い木片を打ち合わせるカラアウkala’au，小さなひょうたんやヤシ殻の中に小石，種子を入れた羽毛飾つきがらがらとしてのウリーウリーulī’ulī，竹筒を櫛のように細く裂いたささら竹を身体に打ちつけるプーイリpū’ili,2対の平らな石を両手に持ってカスタネットのように打ち合わせるイリイリ’ili’iliがそれぞれ特有の音色により変化に富んだ音響世界をつくり出す。…

※「pūniu」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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