A simple vertical flute or woodwind instrument, particularly one used in Middle Eastern or Indian music.
From Arabic or Persian origin, referring to a basic flute design used across Islamic and South Asian musical traditions. The word entered English through ethnomusicological literature.
The fugara is one of humanity's oldest instruments—simple bamboo or reed construction, yet capable of expressing profound emotion in traditions spanning from the Middle East to India to Africa.
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