The t'yngryng (or tyngryn, tïgrïk) is a musical instrument of the
Nivkh people
The Nivkh, or Gilyak (also Nivkhs or Nivkhi, or Gilyaks; ethnonym: Нивхгу, ''Nʼivxgu'' (Amur) or Ниғвңгун, ''Nʼiɣvŋgun'' (E. Sakhalin) "the people"), are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the northern half of Sakhalin Isla ...
(formerly called ''Gilyak'') of
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, p=səxɐˈlʲin) is an island in Northeast Asia. Its north coast lies off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. An islan ...
in the
Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Easte ...
. It is a one-string fiddle, played in the lap with a bow, with a body of birch-bark and a soundboard made of fish skin.
See also
*
Huchir, a spike-fiddle of the Buryat Mongols
*
Dudumanku, a one-string fiddle of the
Oroch people
Orochs (Russian ''О́рочи''), Orochons, or Orochis (self-designation: ''Nani'') are a people of Russia that speak the Oroch (''Orochon'') language of the Southern group of Tungusic languages. According to the 2002 census there were 686 O ...
*
Ducheke, a Nanai instrument
References
External links
Nivkhi Music at Ensemblexxi.org
Russian musical instruments
One-string fiddles
Sakhalin
Nivkh
{{String-instrument-stub