Palekana luakini: wehewehe o ka mea kani, kani, hoʻohana
Poloka luakini, poloka luakini pū kekahi (mai ka ʻōlelo Pelekania "palekana" - literally a temple block) - he ʻano mea kani kūikawā, i manaʻo mua ʻia no nā kumu hoʻomana (e like me ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he mele no ka heluhelu ʻana i nā mantra Buddhist).
Ma ke ʻano o kona kani ʻana, aia ka poloka luakini i kahi subspecies o nā pahu slit, maʻamau ma Asia, ʻApelika, ʻAmelika Hema, a me Oceania. Hiki i ia mau mea kani ke kani me ko lākou kino ponoʻī me ka ʻole o ke kikoo ʻana a i ʻole ke kaomi ʻana, no laila ua paʻa ka inoa "idiophone" i ka hui holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻokani pinepine ʻia nā pahu Slotted me nā lāʻau kuʻi kūikawā, e paʻi ʻē aʻe i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole a i ʻole nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa i kau ʻia ma kahi kiʻi maʻamau.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hele pū ʻana i nā hana like ʻole, ua lawelawe ʻia kahi mea kani like mai ka wā kahiko ma ke ʻano he lawelawe leka ma ia mau wahi i pono ai ke hoʻouna ʻana i nā leka ma kahi mamao. Hiki i kona timbre ke hoʻohālike i ke kani o ka leo leo.
Eia kekahi, hoʻohana ʻia nā bele Korea (inoa ʻē aʻe no ka poloka luakini) i kēlā me kēia manawa e nā mea hoʻokani i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā ʻāpana o nā ʻano mele uila a me nā mele rock. Loaʻa i kahi kala ʻoluʻolu ʻoluʻolu, hāʻawi nā bele Korea i ka hana i kahi ʻono ʻāina.