The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. It consists of...
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Qanun Iraqi Santur Jawzah Ghuanbri Kamancheh Rababa Pontic lyra Simsimiyya Kissar Tanbūra Jewish Lyre Ney Kawalah Salamiyah Minjayrah Shababah Shakuli Furayrah...
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Africa Egypt: kissar, tanbūra, simsimiyya Ethiopia and Eritrea: begena, dita, krar Kenya: kibugander, litungu, nyatiti, obokano Sudan: kissar, tanbūra Uganda:...
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Lazuri, Satu Mare (redirect from Kissár)
In Romanian In Hungarian Bercu Szárazberek Lazuri Lázári Nisipeni Sándorhomok Noroieni Kissár Peleș Nagypeleske Pelișor Kispeleske...
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(Southern Africa) Kalumbu (Zimbabwe) Kayamb (Mauritius) Kebero (Ethiopia) Kissar (Ethiopia) Kontigi (West Africa) Krakebs (Algeria) Krar (Ethiopia) Kwitra...
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are in Africa, most of which are plucked, among them the begena, endongo, kissar, krar, litungu, nyatiti, obokano, simsimiyya, and tanbūra. However, there...
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The tanbūra or "Kissar" is a bowl lyre of East Africa and the Middle East. Tanbūra traces its etymology to the Persian tanbur via the Arabic tunbur (طنبور)...
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development of Aryan palatals to fricatives: OIr. *dz > z: mossar “big”, kissar “small”, heze “yesterday”, zun- “know”, zumā “son-in-law” (but yešt “ugly”...
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disdain. One of the most typical East African instruments, called tanbūra or kissar in Nubian music, was traditionally played by the singers as the usual accompaniment...
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songs. Wardi performed using a variety of instruments, including the Nubian kissar and sang in both Arabic and Nubian languages. He has been described as one...
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