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[[File:Narsingha, Nepal 1836.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ransingha horn assembled in the S shape. Can also be fitted into C shape.]]<br />
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The '''ransingha''' or '''ransinga''' is a type of [[natural horn|primitive trumpet]] made of copper or copper alloys, used in both India and Nepal. The instrument is made of two metal curves, joined together to form an "S" shape.<ref name="Sharma1998">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Tribal melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Lahaul Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvssBDSGOoC&pg=PA64|accessdate=24 March 2012|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-942-9|pages=64–}}</ref> It may also be reassembled to form a crescent.<ref name=Konemann>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nikolova |editor1-first=Ivanka |editor2-last=Davey |editor2-first= Laura |editor3-last= Dean |editor3-first= Geoffrey |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments | publisher= Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH|place= Cologne |date= 2000 |pages= 94 }}</ref><br />
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It is part of a group of curved-tube instruments that include the ransingha, the narsinga and the [[sringa]]. It may also be related to the laawaa and Tibetan [[Tibetan horn|dungchen]], both straight tubular copper horns.<br />
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==Alternate names==<br />
The instrument has been variously spelled out '''narsinga''', '''ransingha''', '''ramsinga''', '''srnga'''.<br />
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Srnga is ''Sanscrit'' for horn and used in North India and Nepal. It's modern forms include "''Sig''", "''Siga,''", and "''Singha''". The term was historically used for a wide variety shapes and sizes of horns, including straight horns, and horns made from water buffalo horns with mouthpieces made from ox horns.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author= Alastair Dick |editor-last= Sadie |editor-first=Stanley |title= Śrnga |encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |year=1984 |id= Volume 3 |page= 442}}</ref><br />
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===Ransingha===<br />
The ransingha's pronunciation specific to India. It uses four pipes of very thin metal which fit one within the other. It is mentioned in [[Emilio Salgari]]'s works such as ''[[The Mystery of the Black Jungle]]'' (1895), where it is associated with the [[thugee]] cult.<br />
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In Chapter 62 of ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]'' (1988) the ''Ramsinga'' is also mentioned, being played by a devotee of a [[druid|druidic sect]] .<br />
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===Narsinga===<br />
Played historically in C shape in Nepa by [[Damai]] caste musicians in groups such as the ''damai baja''. This form used in [[Nepal]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and southern [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author1= Carol M Babiracki |author2= Mireille Helffer |editor-last= Sadie |editor-first=Stanley |title= Narsīga |encyclopedia= The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |year=1984 |id= Volume 2 |page= 749}}</ref><br />
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File:PancheBaaja.jpg|Nepal. The C-shaped narsinga is part of the [[Panche baja]] instruments.<br />
File:Narsinga at Hindu wedding ceremony.jpg|Nepal. Narsinga being played for a wedding.<br />
File:Nepali Hindu Wedding (6).jpg|Nepal. Narsingas at a wedding party.<br />
File:ramsinga.jpg|India, 1799. The ''Ramsinga'', as depicted in the book ''Les Hindoûs'' (Volume II), by the Flemish artist [[Frans Balthazar Solvyns]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Karnal (instrument)|Karnal]], a long strait trumpet<br />
*[[Sringa]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://ykantiques.com/2013/08/antique-copper-and-brass-indian-ethnic-narsingha-trumpet.html History of the ransingha or narsinga with photos.]<br />
* [http://ignca.nic.in/asp/showbig.asp?projid=rar9 Ancient musical instruments of India (circa 18th Century) as depicted by Balthazar Solvyns in Les Hindoûs (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, IGNCA)]<br />
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[[Category:Music of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]<br />
[[Category:Trumpets of Nepal]]<br />
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