Ensemble of musicians play daf in Iran's Bayangan

Bayangan City’s ensemble of musicians has played daf in Kermanshah Province of Iran.

Bayangan city in Kermanshah province in the west of Iran has an ancient reputation for local songs and mystic music of Khanqah. Various musical instruments have been used in the production of their music that has always attracted the attention of tourists.

The daf, also known as Dayere and Riq, is one of the used instruments. It is a frame drum musical instrument, used in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, many regions of Georgia, Pakistan as well as in parts of India and Russian polar regions.

It traditionally has a round wooden frame, jingles, and a thin, translucent head made of fish or goat skin. The sound is produced by hitting the membrane with either hand – the left hand, which also holds the daf, strikes the edges, and the right hand strikes the center.

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