KALMYKIA—dueling instruments

Dmitriy Sharayev (right) and Viktor Batyrovich Okchayev (left) play the dombura (or topshur) together. The topshur is a Kalmyk two-stringed wooden instrument.


Language: Kalmyk
Location: Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation
Date: 21 May 2012
Interviewer: K. David Harrison
Filmed by Jeremy Fahringer / Enduring Voices Project

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