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Sarindas

Scope note

Three-stringed fiddles of southern Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, having a short unfretted neck surmounted by a pegbox and a deeply waisted body of irregular shape with a skin belly over the lower part, on which rests a wood bridge. They are played held upright, with a heavy, curved bow.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000217116

Broader Terms used

fiddles

Term used for

qeychaks
sarangs
soruds
soruzs

Equivalent Terms used

sarinda

Created

13yrs ago

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