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Tanbur

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Tanbur 

a plucked stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and a long neck; the overall length is 1,100–1,300 mm. Tanburs have three strings and are played with a plectrum.



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The tanbur was built of polished cedar and had a soundboard made of leather.
This dance unravels into the hypnotic healing rituals of the Moroccan Gnawas, descended from black African slaves, they shake their tas-selled hats, swaying and swirling dervishly to the low ebb of trance music performed with a gambri and tanbur, and Arabic chanting, evoking ancestral spirits.
The words will be accompanied by both the Allegri String Quartet and Ross Daly, a virtuoso of traditional Middle Eastern instruments such as the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, laouto, kemence, sarangi, oud, saz and tanbur.
 
 
 
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