The huiringua, kuiringua, kiringua, quiringua, cuiringua is a
percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
of the group of
slit drum
A slit drum or slit gong is a hollow percussion instrument. In spite of the name, it is not a true drum but an idiophone, usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more slits in the top. Most slit drums have one slit ...
s. It consists of a hollow log with closed ends with a slit along the instrument.
The shell becomes the resonating chamber for the sound vibrations created when the slit is struck with a pair of wood mallets.
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Photo of huiringua
{{Tube percussion idiophones
Mexican musical instruments
Slit drums