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Zurna

Musician playing the zurna.

The zurna[a] (Armenian: զուռնա zuṙna; Old Armenian: սուռնայ suṙna; Albanian: surle/surla; Romanian: surlă; Persian: karna/Kornay/surnay; Macedonian: зурла/сурла zurla/surla; Bulgarian: зурна/зурла; Hungarian: zurna/töröksip; Serbian: зурла/zurla; Assyrian: ܙܘܪܢܐ/zurna; Tat: zurna; Turkish: zurna; Kurdish: zirne; Greek: ζουρνάς; Azerbaijani: zurna; Sinhalese: හොරණෑව[1][horaṇǣva]) is a double reed wind instrument played in Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa. It is also used in Sri Lanka.[2] It is usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Armenian, Anatolian and Assyrian folk music.

Karna, one of the ancient Persian musical instruments, 6th century BC, Persepolis Museum.


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  1. ^ "hewisi, Daul, Thammattam, Horane, Bera, Batanala, drums wadanaya". YouTube. 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Meddegoda, Chinthaka P. (January 2019). "The Cultural Function of the Sri Lankan Horanawa". Double Reeds along the Great Silk Route.

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