Bong Lang Ruam Jai Band (วงโปงลางร่วมใจ) is made up of community members in the Pacific Northwest who have a passion for Southeast Asian Music. The group was founded after the Thai temple in Auburn Washington brought traditional Thai Language Dance and Music instructors to the United States for a summer school program. The band is named after the standing xylophone called bonglang or ponglang that is used in the Isaan (Northeast) region of Thailand. Other regional instruments the band features include a pin (similar to a guitar), long drums, khaen (a bamboo wind instrument), and various percussion instruments.