The dombra

Wikipedia:

The dombra, also known as the dombyra (Kazakh: домбыра, dombyraPersian: دمبوره, dambūra), is a long-necked, plucked lute used in the traditional music of the KazakhsHazarasUzbeksTajiksNogaisBashkirs and Tatars, and the principal national instrument of Kazakhstan.[1][2] Together with the bowed fiddle qyl-qobyz, it is one of the two most widely recognised symbols of Kazakh musical culture.[3]

Until reading this I could not have named a single symbol of Kazakh musical culture.

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