Hasapi
 A one-stringged hasapi | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Stringed instrument |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.321 |
Hasapi (Toba Batak: ᯂᯘᯇᯪ), also written as kacapi (Pakpak: ᯂᯘᯇᯪ), hapitan (Toba Batak: ᯂᯇᯪᯖᯉ᯲), and kulcapi (Karo: ᯂᯬᯞ᯳ᯠᯇᯫ), is a two-stringed lute played by the Batak people of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.[1] The plucked instrument was used for Zere religious rituals and is now used as part of the orchestra accompanying the traveling theater Opera Batak.
References
[edit]- ^ Achim Sibeth; Bruce W. Carpenter (2007). Batak sculpture. D. Millet. p. 212.