Caña de millo
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The caña de millo, flauta de millo or pito atravesao is a woodwind musical instrument of indigenous origin used in the cumbia music of Colombia's Caribbean coast.[1]
It is made of carrizo cane (Phragmites australis), palm, millet, sorghum, or similar stalks,[2] forming a tube open at both ends, with a vibrating tongue (reed) cut of the same material as the tube, with four fingerholes. It is played transverse, and used by folkloric musical ensembles called grupos de millo.[3] The caña de millo replaces the kuisi (or gaita) in regions of the Colombian departments of Atlántico and Magdalena.[4]
Similar instruments are found in most of the savannah region of West Africa.[5]