man, Madagascar has some cool instruments. i first found Tarika Sammy through discussion of the Valiha in the (so, so missed) Experimental Musical Instrument Journal. this one looks like a jejy voatavo:
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/maaua_c_txt06_en.html
http://fsuworldmusiconline.wikidot.com/instruments
it looks like the gourd is pressed against the chest for a wah effect.
great music, too: it's probably been a couple of decades i've been trying to get that ambiguous triplet swing feel, and failing...
-g
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