These instruments include the tanbur (long necked lute), daire (drum), kanun (plucked boxed zither), and kaval (rim-blown flute--a pastoral instrument associated with shepherds and nomads).

Zanin Berbic, 28, an ethno-musicologist who plays saz, a long-necked lute used in Ottoman classical music, says that Sevdalinka tells the story of Bosnia’s history. “Most of my days I spend ...

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Zanin Berbic, 28, an ethno-musicologist who plays saz, a long-necked lute used in Ottoman classical music, says that Sevdalinka tells the story of Bosnia’s history. “Most of my days I spend either ...

Zanin Berbic, 28, an ethno-musicologist who plays saz, a long-necked lute used in Ottoman classical music, says that Sevdalinka tells the story of Bosnia's history. "Most of my days I spend either ...

Four meters long and weighing 100 kilograms, the huge creature runs along the riverbank, twisting and turning as it approaches festival spectators. As it stretches its neck, the crowd gives ...

In The Tamils, author Nirmala Lakshman draws from a wealth of historical information, original research, and her own keen ...

Where we stopped for coffee we found a crowd gathered round a man with a long gray beard. He played a lute and gave a lead ... called out to kneel, bare his neck, and bow his head to the ...