On the Search for the Holy Grail of Bamboo - Buluh Minyak.

Buluh Kertuk with floral decorations usually found in a typical village Buluh Kertuk ensembles. This one is at the Jabatan Kebudayaan Negeri Kelantan.

This Kecapi Buluh is made from PVC. A modernization effort by Cikgu Aswawi, a music maker of the current generation.

This wakaf (pavilion) is usually used for Wayang Kulit performances but we thought that we might as well use it for the interview session. Who plays Wayang Kulit during the day anyways?

Testing our new digital audio recorder, the ZOOM H6!

After 45 minutes of travelling, we finally found the best bamboo for Kertuk Colek! What we didn't tell you is that we drove for 45 minutes in the comfort of our rental car. The bamboo groove is only 5 steps away from Encik Kamrul's house!

Ethnographic study is never easy. If you screw up the equipment, you might lose invaluable information. That, we don't want!

We were overzealous in recording the sessions. Not enough with the new digital audio recorder, some of us used our smartphones! Talk about getting the most advanced digital recorder!