Making a Traditional Musical Instrument | Persian Kamancheh

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The Kamancheh is a traditional bowed string instrument with a history spanning more than 1,000 years. It plays an important role in Persian classical and folk music, producing its distinctive sound through strings played with a bow. In 2017, the art of crafting and playing the Kamancheh was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as a joint heritage of Iran and Azerbaijan.
