Kulibit

{{Short description|Philippine tube zither}}

The kulibit is a type of tube zither played by the Kalinga people of the Philippines. The instrument consists of a long tube of bamboo which has been slit to allow five or six strands of the bamboo husk to be played as "strings".{{cite book|last1=Moore|first1=Marvelene C.|last2=Ewell|first2=Philip|title=Kaleidoscope of Cultures: A Celebration of Multicultural Research and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVcXvGT_yQsC&pg=PA60|year=2010|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Education|isbn=978-1-60709-301-5|page=60}}

File:Kolitong_Kalinga_Bamboo_three_holesG.jpg, Kalinga people]]

The instrument is also played by the Bontoc and Tinguian people who call it the kollitong, and the Manobo and Tiruray people, who call it the saluray, togo,{{cite book|last=Santos|first=Ramon Pagayon|title=The Musics of Asean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZOfAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information}} or takumbu.{{cite book|last=Apel|first=Willi|title=The Harvard Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=02rFSecPhEsC&pg=PA827|year=2003|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01163-2|page=827}}

These types of instruments, in which a portion of the body of the instrument serves as a strings, are referred to as idiochords. A similar instrument is found in Madagascar, the valiha, though modern valihas may use separate metal or plastic strings.