Balafon de la gourd-resonated xylophone, buuri malema lɔkɔ n de struck idiophone. A naԑ me la kɔrum kɔrum sԑba n boi Mandé, Senoufo la Gur peoples n boi West Africa, kɔ’ɔm bɔna la Guinean se’em n de lagum pa’asԑ  Mandinka yizuo tigere la puan, gee nananewa a zuԑ ta tole West Africa nԑŋa ze’ele Guinea tari ta paԑ Mali. A yuse’sere n de naana de la, balafon, magese wuu European coinage n naare la a sɔ Mandinka yu’ure se’em la ߓߟߊ bala ye;lebire wa ߝߐ߲ fôn ' tɔge ' bii Greek root phono

balafon
type of musical instrument
Subclass ofmallet percussion instrument, sets of percussion sticks, xylophone Demese
CountryMali, Burkina Faso, Ivory coast Demese
Intangible cultural heritage statusRepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Demese
Hornbostel-Sachs classification111.212 Demese