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品名（中）	会话
品名（英）	Sesando
入馆年号	1889年，89.4.1489
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1890 - 公元 1900
创作地区	印度尼西亚, 帝汶岛, 南努萨（Indonesia, Timor Island, Nusa Tenggara）
分类	合唱琴拔管（Chordophone-Zither-plucked-tube）
尺寸	高 22 1/16 × 宽 24 × 深 12 3/16 英寸 (56 × 61 × 31 厘米)
介绍（中）	大洋洲最著名的弦乐器之一是塞桑多，一种管状竹琴，有十根或十一根金属弦，放在一个用朗塔棕榈叶制成的音箱中。这件塞桑多收藏于印度尼西亚帝汶岛，很可能是当地罗蒂人社区的一名成员制作的，他们的居民来自邻近的罗蒂岛。演奏时，音乐家用右手拨动低音弦，而左手弹奏高音。音调由一系列复杂的活动桥和调音桩调节。在婚礼和葬礼上使用的塞桑多被认为具有超自然力量。这把古筝偶尔作为独奏乐器演奏，主要用于与用宾尼语（一种特殊的诗歌语言）创作的诗句伴奏，并用普通的罗提尼语进行抑扬。这些歌曲往往富有哲理，将世界描绘为不可避免的命运和生活所主宰，有时令人失望，最终转瞬即逝。
介绍（英）	Among the most remarkable string instruments in Oceania is the sesando, a tubular bamboo zither with ten or eleven metal strings set in a sounding box made from the frond of a lontar palm. Collected on the Indonesian island of Timor, this sesando was likely made by a member of the local Rotinese community whose residents originated on the neighboring island of Roti. When playing, the musician uses the right hand to pluck the bass strings while the left hand plays the treble. The pitch is adjusted with a complex series of movable bridges and tuning pegs. Used at weddings and funerals, the sesando is believed to possess supernatural powers. Occasionally played as a solo instrument, this zither is predominantly used to accompany songs with verses composed in bini, a special poetic language, and refrains in ordinary Rotinese. The songs are often philosophical, portraying the world as dominated by inescapable fate and life as at times disappointing and ultimately fleeting.