Ney-anbān ( fa, نی انبان , numerous Latin spellings), is a type of bagpipe which is popular in southern Iran, especially around Bushehr. The term ''ney-anban'' literally means "bag pipe", - ''Nai, signifies a reed, pipe, &c, and Anban or Anbanah, a bag made of the skin taken entire otf a sheep. It is a musical instrument not often seen in Persia beyond the Garmsir (or "warm region") about Bushahr'' but more specifically can refer to a type of droneless double-chantered bagpipes played in Southern Iran. This is similar to the Bahrainian ''

jirba The jirba ( ar, قربة (also spelled ; also transliterated dzirba, girba) is a traditional folk instrument from Bahrain. It is a droneless, double-reeded, single-chantered bagpipe, played particularly by ethnic Iranians, as well as on the Kuwaiti ...

'' played by ethnic Iranians in the Persian Gulf islands. In Bushehr, the ney-anban is used to accompany '' sarva'', the singing of free-metre couplets.

Orthography

Latin spelling of the name of this pipe include: ''ney-hanbān'', ''ney-anbun'', ''ney ammbooni'', ''nai-ambana'' ''hanbun'', ''hanbuneh, nay-anban''.

External links

Ney-anbān
video by Saeid Shanbezadeh

References

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