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Hardanger Fiddle Halling

Also known as Hardingfele

Hardanger Fiddle Halling: photograph by ?
Photo: ?, CC0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Bow across a decorated eight-string fiddle where four sympathetic strings ring on, matching the uneven halling and springar dance rhythms.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Norway.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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