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<p>117.205.147.39: Just completed a fresh chapter.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Short description|Musical instrument}}<br /> {{No footnotes}}<br /> {{Infobox Instrument<br /> |name = Saranda<br /> |names = <br /> |image = Sarinda1.gif<br /> |classification = [[Bowed string instrument]]<br /> |range = <br /> |related = [[Sarangi]]<br /> }}<br /> A '''sarinda''' or '''saranda''' is a North Indian stringed [[folk music]]al instrument similar to [[lute]]s or [[fiddle]]s. It is played with a [[Bow (music)|bow]] and has between ten and thirty strings. The bottom part of the front of its hollow wooden soundbox is covered with animal skin. It is played while sitting on the ground in a [[vertical direction|vertical]] orientation.<br /> <br /> The [[Sarangi]] and [[Sarangi (Nepali)|Nepali sarangi]] are similar to the Saranda. The Bodos call it Serja or Serenja.<br /> <br /> Several ethnic groups of India, e.g. [[Bauls]] of [[Bengal]], [[Punjabi people]], the folk artists of [[Rajasthan]], the Bodo of Assam, and the related Twiprasa of Tripura , use the sarinda in their traditional music and dance. It is the sole accompaniment for a soloist or group folk singer(s).<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Sarangi]] - a more common relative of the sarinda.<br /> *[[Sarangi (Nepali)]] - a simpler version of the sarangi, played in Nepal and Sikkim.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.tripurasociety.org Website of Delhi based Tripuris]<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061205015825/http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/santal/ Article about dhodro banam a relative of the sarinda]<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060725122226/http://www.kaminari-sama.com:80/k-raijin_(instrument_encyclopedia-S).htm Sarinda entry in an instrument encyclopedia]<br /> *[http://www.movinghere.org.uk/gallery/celebration/instrument.htm Brief description of the sarinda]<br /> *[http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/Gurbani.nsf/0/0de11ebc9a98732c872565bc004de79b?OpenDocument Article on Sikhnet]<br /> <br /> {{Indian musical instruments}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian musical instruments]]<br /> [[Category:Necked bowl lutes]]<br /> [[Category:Bowed instruments]]<br /> [[Category:Drumhead lutes]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{lute-stub}}</div>

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