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The Kartal are large Kustar with two pairs of cymbals and holes in the wood for the fingers to pass through so as to grip the instrument.

Chakra are circular wooden castinets made with slightly concave surfaces. They are also called Khattala, Another strange form of percussion instrument which still lingers in Burma is the Bastran, It is a kind of boatshaped melodion, with twenty-five bamboos of different lengths for the note keys.