The Bullroarer Atlas

30 records · Southeast Asia

Bullroarer records — Southeast Asia

Bullroarer record pages from Southeast Asia, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

Indonesia 13

  1. Dyak Hantu-Hantuan Southwest Kalimantan bullroarerSouthwest Kalimantan / Borneo - Function not recorded
  2. Ende, Flores (jata)Central Ende region, Flores - Function not recorded
  3. Java kitiran child toy bullroarer analogueJava - Play / practical
  4. Karo Batak dengeng-dengeng children's toyBukit, Karo highlands, North Sumatra - Play / practical
  5. Miau Baru Kayan buluq laluq wind bullroarerMiau Baru, Kongbeng, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan - Function not recorded
  6. Mentawai slat outside the punenPagai Islands, Mentawai Islands - Function not recorded
  7. Riwi-riwi löchö, the dry-season insectLafau, Nias Island - Play / practical
  8. Orang Darat kitiran, cord intactManggar, Belitung (Billiton), Bangka–Belitung - Function not recorded
  9. Rote (Roti)Southwest Rote island (off SW Timor), Nusa Tenggara Timur - Play / practical
  10. Sundanese (kekinciran)Sundanese districts, West Java - Function not recorded
  11. Ternate bubuwasTernate, North Moluccas - Function not recorded
  12. Toba-Batak Sumatra toy bullroarerPlay / practical
  13. Tojo lelempali leaf bullroarerTojo coast, Central Sulawesi - Function not recorded

Malaysia 6

  1. Kayan (Borneo) padi-clearing bullroarerSarawak rivers, Sea Dayak country - Play / practical
  2. Kenyah Klemantan Baram wat jawat rice-field bullroarerSarawak / Baram River District - Weather / fertility magic
  3. Kenyah-Badang kidiu paired bullroarerUpper Rejang River / Belaga District, Sarawak - Play / practical
  4. Kintak Bong Lubok Tapah bull-roarerPerak / Ulu Selama / Lubok Tapah - Play / practical
  5. Narom bullroarer, Lower Baram, SarawakSarawak / ?Narom - Play / practical
  6. Semaq Beri (Evans's Sakai-Jakun) lightning bullroarer mythTekai River, Jerantut district, Pahang - Function not recorded

Malaysia / Thailand 1

  1. Patani Malay elephant-scarer bullroarerKuala Langat District, Selangor (Federated Malay States, British Malaya) - Play / practical

Myanmar 1

  1. Tangkhul NagaSomra Tract, Naga Hills - Sacred / spirit

Philippines 4

  1. Bontoc wedwed violent-death bullroarerMountain Province, Luzon - Sacred / spirit
  2. Ifugao northern Luzon bamboo bullroarerNorthern Luzon / Eastern Lepanto / Northern Nueva Vizcaya - Play / practical
  3. Sagada (Northern Kankanay / Lepanto-Bontok Igorot)Sagada, western Mountain Province, Cordillera Central, northern Luzon (Northern Kankanay / former Lepanto territory) - Play / practical
  4. Tinguian Patoc pabilbil bull roarerAbra / Patoc / Luzon - Play / practical

Thailand 4

  1. Jalor (Yala) MalaysPatani region, Kampong Jalor (Yala, S. Thailand) - Play / practical
  2. Baling, the whirling fishing-rod rigPattani, lower Siam (Malay coast) - Play / practical
  3. Southern Lisu forest-spirit bullroarer, northern ThailandNorthern Thailand / eastern Shan Southern Lisu dialect range - Sacred / spirit
  4. Thai-Lue children's pipe-bundle bullroarer, PhaedPhaed Village, Chiengkham District (then Chiengrai Province), North Thailand - Play / practical

Timor-Leste 1

  1. Makasae (Makasai)Baguia, Baucau District, East Timor - Function not recorded