Students play Zhanian, a traditional Tibetan stringed instrument, at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje] LHASA, ...

An artist plays a duxianqin at a tourism promotion event held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. ZHOU HUA/XINHUA NANNING — A duxianqin musician only needs a single string stretched across ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and ...

The Ruan, a traditional plucked string instrument of the Han Chinese, also known as the Ruan Xian or Ruan Qin, has a rich history and evolving identity. It was originally referred to as the Qin Pipa ...

LOS ANGELES -- While Mariachi music from Mexico is recognized around the world, the country has many more styles of music from different regions. These lesser-known music genres rely on instruments ...

India is a country rich in tradition and skill. Be it the ancient dance forms that entertain and inform people even today, to the forms of ‘nataks’ and ‘jatras’ that show society a mirror, Indian art ...

To mark the 60th anniversary of its foundation, the National Gugak Center is displaying a collection of historical relics from traditional musical instruments to books and sheets. The special ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its seasonal peak in this western Japan town. At the workshop of Marusan ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic lessens, musicians from all over the world visited Taipei for the World Music Festival @ Taiwan. Among them was the gayageum trio ...

The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...