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1979 Noor Mohammad Khan

Nawroz Ali

Herat, Afghanistan

Dutar player-silk weaver

You can hear Nawroz Ali at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_E3lQolZxk


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Noor Khan15-May-2013 13:21
The plectrum is called a "nakhunnaak" (nakhun = fingernail) and it also creates a sound scraping across the front of the dutar. You can hear Nawroz Ali playing here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_E3lQolZxk&list=UUNNrJuP0MYLk2lp-fLJ7kkw&index=25
Noor Khan15-May-2013 13:10
The plectrum is similar to a sitar plectrum (misrab) which is made from heavy wirehttp://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://batish.net/cart/images/uploads/mizrab.jpg&imgrefurl=http://batish.net/cart/index.php?act%3DviewProd%26productId%3D59&h=307&w=390&sz=12&tbnid=g09O_5s67c66RM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=114&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsitar%2Bpick%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=sitar+pick&usg=__dlZzyvjm8cN7KjUWrfkzWgkhquQ=&docid=Y26gNhyrw80dPM&sa=X&ei=P4iTUb_MFOGfiQLN0IGQBg&ved=0CD4Q9QEwAw&dur=181
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Guest 12-May-2013 17:28
Is this man holding a plectrum of some sort?
Thanks
GC
Noor Khan01-Apr-2012 21:34
In the picture is a Herati dutar.
This is a Pashto rababhttp://www.pbase.com/noorkhan/image/130969431
maljan 31-Mar-2012 12:52
Pashto rabab
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