- The
begena, (Amharic: በገና) is a ten-stringed box-lyre
instrument from Ethiopia, and is the sole
melodic instrument devoted only to the zema, the spiritual...
- musician, singer, and
master of the
Begena. Born in Entotto, near
Addis Ababa,
Alemu became interested in the
begena (a ten-stringed
member of the lyre...
-
Traditional instruments of
Eritrean folk
music include the
strung krar, kebero,
begena, masenqo, and the wata (a distant/rudimentary
cousin of the violin). A po****r...
-
instrument inspired by the
Devil and was
therefore inferior,
whereas the
Begena was for
praising God and seen as sacred. The krar was used to
adulate feminine...
-
bowed lute; the krar (also
known as kirar), a six-string lyre; and the
begena, a
large ten-string lyre. The dita (a five-string lyre) and
musical bows...
- (Ukraine and Poland) B****
guitar Electric b****
guitar Acoustic b****
guitar Begena (Ethiopia) Biwa (****anese)
Bordonua (Puerto Rico)
Bouzouki (Greece) Trichorda...
- The
Ceair is a
right tributary of the
river Almălău in Romania. It
discharges into Lake
Bugeac in Gârlița. Its
length is 12 km (7.5 mi) and its
basin size...
-
Bandolin (Ecuador)
Banjo (American)
Banjolele (United Kingdom)
Barbat (Iran)
Begena (Ethiopia) Biwa (****an)
Bordonua Bouzouki (Greece)
Bugarija (Croatia) Cak...
- to the
Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy.
Empress Taytu was
known to play the
begena,
which is a 10-string instrument. Her
other activities included playing...
-
peasantry dancing the Eskista; the most well
known Amharan folk dance. The
begena, a
large ten-string lyre; is an
important instrument solely devoted to the...
