Sasando Part II

Sasando Part II ( The Legend)

Video from youtube (Listen the sound of dream) *canon-sasando*

According to local tradition, the origin of Sasando was linked to folktale of Rote people about the tale of Sangguana.

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Sangguana who lived in Rote Island. One day he tended to savannah. He felt tired and fell asleep under a palmyra tree. Sangguana dreamt that he played beautiful music with a unique instrument. The sound and the melody was so enchanting.

 Then he woke up, surprisingly Sangguana still remembered the tones he played in the dream. He wanted to hear it one more time, so he tried to sleep again. He dreamt the same song and same instrument. Sangguana was enjoying his dream, however he had to wake up. Did not want to lose those beautiful sounds, Sangguana tried to recreate the sounds and in no time created a music instrument from palmyra leafs with the strings in the middle, based on his memory from the dream.

                                                                        Source: Wikipedia   

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