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Traditional Vietnamese music

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Minh-Trang Nguyen

The đàn tranh, sixteen-string zither, is a traditional Vietnamese folk plucked instrument. It is in the same family as the Chinese guzheng, Japanese koto, Korean gayageum and Mongolian yatga. The T'rung is a traditional bamboo xylophone used by the ethnic minorities of the central highlands of Vietnam Tây nguyên.

Music, song, and folk dance of Anatolia

NEW CLASS: SEMAH DANCE

Ozan Cagdas

The traditions of the ashik, the Anatolian bards whose names mean 'in love', go back to the Middle Ages. Today, this tradition is maintained by professional musicians, poets and performers who accompany their songs with various long-necked lutes: saz, divan, cura, selpe.