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	[[~~Image~~:~~Mumbai wedding player~~.jpg~~\|280px~~\|thumb\|~~right\|Mumbai player of tutari~~]]		{{Short description\|Ancient Indian musical instrument}}
	The '''Sringa''', also known as '''tutari''', '''ranasringa''', '''blowhorn''', '''sig''', '''singa''', '''kurudutu''' or '''kombu''', is an ancient Indian musical instrument. It is a type of horn [[wind instrument]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news \|last= Das\|first= Mohua\|date=24 November 2019\|title=~~Sena’s~~ in the cold, but the tutari, written off many times, may still resonate\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senas-in-the-cold-but-the-tutari-written-off-many-times-may-still-resonate/articleshow/72205901.cms\|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>		{{redirect\|tutari\|the Marathi language poem\|tutari (poem)}}
			[[File:Ranasringa_MET_89.4.161_slide.jpg\|thumb\|Ranasringa, India (c.1880)]]
			The '''Sringa''', also known as '''tutari''', '''ranasringa''', '''blowhorn''', '''sig''', '''singa''', '''kurudutu''', '''gaali-kommu''' or '''kombu''', is an ancient Indian musical instrument. It is a type of horn [[wind instrument]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news \|last= Das\|first= Mohua\|date=24 November 2019\|title=Sena's in the cold, but the tutari, written off many times, may still resonate\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senas-in-the-cold-but-the-tutari-written-off-many-times-may-still-resonate/articleshow/72205901.cms\|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>

	==Construction==		==Construction==
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	==Playing==		==Playing==
	~~[[File:Ranasringa MET 89.4.161 slide.jpg\|thumb\|Ranasringa dated to 1880, currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]~~		The tutari in [[Maharashtra]], has survived not just because of its connections to royal traditions, but as a current political symbol. The instrument is also executed in [[South India]], in [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Nepal]]. It is played for festivals, and in ritual performances known as [[kshetram vadyam]]. It is also played for marriages and in military music.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news \|last= Lalitha\|first= M\|date=19 February 2017\|title=The tutari's sound is a signal\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-tutaris-sound-is-a-signal/article23512041.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name="TOI"/>
	The tutari in [[Maharashtra]], has survived not just because of its connections to royal traditions, but as a current political symbol. The instrument is also executed in [[South India]], in [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Nepal]]. It is played for festivals, and in ritual performances known as [[kshetram vadyam]]. It is also played for marriages and in military music.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news \|last= Lalitha\|first= M\|date=19 February 2017\|title=The ~~tutari’s~~ sound is a signal\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-tutaris-sound-is-a-signal/article23512041.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name="TOI"/>

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Kombu (instrument)]]		*[[Kombu (instrument)]]
	*[[Ransingha]]. A similar instrument sharing common origin. C shaped or S shaped.		*[[Ransingha]]. A similar instrument sharing common origin. C-shaped or S-shaped.

	==References==		==References==

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[[Image:Mumbai wedding player.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Mumbai player of tutari]]
The '''Sringa''', also known as '''tutari''', '''ranasringa''', '''blowhorn''', '''sig''', '''singa''', '''kurudutu''' or '''kombu''', is an ancient Indian musical instrument. It is a type of horn [[wind instrument]].<ref name="TOI">{{cite news |last= Das|first= Mohua|date=24 November 2019|title=Sena’s in the cold, but the tutari, written off many times, may still resonate|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/senas-in-the-cold-but-the-tutari-written-off-many-times-may-still-resonate/articleshow/72205901.cms|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>

==Construction==
There are two shape types of bugles, one made in "S" shape, and the other in "C" shape. Material was originally made of animal horn, and of metal.

==Playing==
[[File:Ranasringa MET 89.4.161 slide.jpg|thumb|Ranasringa dated to 1880, currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
The tutari in [[Maharashtra]], has survived not just because of its connections to royal traditions, but as a current political symbol. The instrument is also executed in [[South India]], in [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Nepal]]. It is played for festivals, and in ritual performances known as [[kshetram vadyam]]. It is also played for marriages and in military music.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news |last= Lalitha|first= M|date=19 February 2017|title=The tutari’s sound is a signal|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-tutaris-sound-is-a-signal/article23512041.ece|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name="TOI"/>

==See also==
*[[Kombu (instrument)]]
*[[Ransingha]]. A similar instrument sharing common origin. C shaped or S shaped.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
*[[Stanley Sadie|S. Sadie]], ''The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments'', Macmillan Publishers, London, 1985.
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