Menara sound machine

Posted by G. Aunión (Badajoz, Spain) on 17 January 2012 in People & Portrait.

Marrakech (Morocco, october 2011)

G. Aunión from Badajoz, Spain

The sintir (Arabic: سنتير‎), also known as the Guembri (Arabic: الكمبري‎), Gimbri or Hejhouj, is a three stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people. It is approximately the size of a guitar, with a body carved from a log and covered on the playing side with camel. The camel skin has the same acoustic function as the membrane on a banjo. The neck is a simple stick with one short and two long goat strings that produce a percussive sound similar to a pizzicato cello or double bass.

19 Jan 2012 11:11am

 

Canon EOS 5D
1/50 second
F/2.8
ISO 320
70 mm

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