Tambura

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Tambura may refer to:

Musical string instruments

  • Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
    • Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
    • Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India
    • Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals
    • Turkish tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
    • Yaylı tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
    • Tanbūra (lyre), an instrument played in East Africa and the Middle East
  • Tambura saz, string instrument from the Bağlama family from Turkey
  • Balkan tambura, an instrument used in the Balkan region (primarily used in Bulgaria)
  • Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
  • Tambouras, an instrument played in Greece

Other

  • Tambura River, Romania
  • Tumbura, a town in South Sudan
    • Tumbura Airport, an airport serving the above town
  • Tambur, an old name for Hemşin, a town in Rize Province, Turkey
  • "Tambura", a hidden track from P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown

See also

  • Bandura, a Ukrainian instrument
  • Dombra, an instrument in Kazakhstan, Siberia and Afghanistan
  • Domra, a Russian instrument
  • Pandura, an instrument played in Ancient Greece and other ancient civilisations from the Mediterranean basin
  • Tambora (disambiguation)
  • Tambourine (disambiguation)
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