Tanbūra (lyre)

The tanbūra is a bowl lyre of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. It takes its name from the Persian tanbur via the Arabic tunbur (طنبور), though this term refers to long-necked lutes. The instrument plays an important role in zār rituals. The instrument probably originated in Upper Egypt and the Sudan and is used in the Fann At-Tanbura in the Persian Gulf Arab states.

References

External links

http://www.octm-folk.gov.om/meng/instrument_mel02.asp

The Tambura

The zar and the tumbura cults

Sudanese lyre audio samples

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Fann at-Tanbura

Fann aṭ-Ṭanbūra (Arabic: فن الطنبوره‎) is a traditional music and dance genre in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Musically, the tanbūra instrument plays a central role, along with several drums and the manjur -- an instrument made of several goat hooves wrapped around the waist of the performer.

Men and women both participate in the singing and dance. Fann at-tanbura is closely associated with the Zār spiritual ritual, and it was originally used in healing practices. Participants would occasionally fall into a trance. In modern times though it is more often a musical performance.