Dramyin
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The dramyin or dranyen is a traditional Himalayan folk music lute with six strings, used primarily as an accompaniment to singing in the Drukpa Buddhist culture and society in Bhutan, as well as in Ti
A Nepalese Dranyen, called a tungna (Nepali: टुङ्ना).
Bhutanese dranyen at the ethnography museum, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
A dranyen (centre) in the Horniman Museum, London, UK.
Tibetan street-musician
Lingm
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The lingm is a bamboo flute indigenous to Bhutan. The lingm, the dramyin and the chiwang comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.
Monks playing lingm at Lhuentse Dzong