Sape
While I was in Malaysia, I had the pleasure of discovering an instrument I was as yet unfamiliar with - the Sape! The Sape is a string instrument (much like a lute) native to the Orung Ulu communities of Borneo. It is still being handcrafted by instrument makers such as those working at the Sarawak Cultural Village, crafting Sape like the one pictured below: The music I most frequently heard it playing featured improvisatory melodies over a basic chord structure (mostly playi