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Fujara

Also known as Shepherd's Overtone Flute

Fujara: photograph by Palo Čepček
Photo: Palo Čepček, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Blow into the mic or hold to set the breath, press finger holes and pitch overtones to climb a melody; the 2 m tube hums with low drone sounds.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Slovakia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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