Kolintang musical instrument including the type of percussion instrument, musical instrument is called kolintang because when the time reads: Tong-Ting-Tang.
At first kolintang consists of only a few pieces of wood placed side by side on both feet at the players who sat selonjor lantai.dan o'clock struck.
Functions as a pedestal foot wooden slats slats (wilahan / keys) and then replaced two pieces of banana stem or two pieces of string.
It is said that the use of chest resonator instead of banana stems begin to be used after Prince Diponegoro in the exhaust to Manado (1830), which brings with it "xylophone" gamelan.
Use of closely related kolintang Minahasa people's trust, which is usually used in ceremonies of worship spirits of the ancestors.
With the development of Christianity which was brought by Dutch missionaries missionary, kolintang existence which is part of the animist beliefs become so desperate in fact almost extinct, disappeared for more than 50 years.
After World War II, spearheaded by kolintang reappeared Nelwan Katuuk, blind artist from the northern part of the stringing Minahasa tone diatonic scale according kolintang.
