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Characteristics of instrumental music in Hungary

The Hungarian people are a music-loving people, playing a wide range of different instruments in their music. Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Bálint Sárosi and Lajos Vargyas, among others, were widely involved in folk music, and numerous researches and collections have been preserved for posterity after their names. In his work The Folk Music of Hungarians, …

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Kukeri

Kukeri tradition symbolizes the departure of winter and the return of new life with the arrival of warm days and is one of the oldest in the Bulgarian lands and dates back to 6000 years ago. In the time of the Thracians, it was celebrated in the days of the ancient Greek god of wine …

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The daouli

The daouli, taulin or taul’ in the Pontiac dialect, is a membranous musical instrument of Greek, Turkish and Middle Eastern folk music. In the form in which we find it today, it has been known since Byzantine times. It is a very widespread musical instrument, and its importance can be seen in secular and religious …

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