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SINGA
Type: SUSHIR VADYA
Singa is a wind instrument made of bamboo and buffalo horn. This traditional instrument is found in Orissa. Majorly used by mendicants.
SINGA in Orissa
Material: Buffalo horn, bamboo
A buffalo horn with bamboo mouthpiece. Held with both hands and blown through a bamboo mouthpiece. Used by mendicants.
SINGA in Jharkhand
Material: Buffalo horn, bamboo
The Singa is a wind instrument of Jharkhand, an integral part of the music tradition of the state, which is played on different occasions, particularly wedding ceremonies. It is made of brass, shaped like the letter 'S', and played by blowing at one end with the mouth, so as to form the sound at the conic opening at the other end. Wedding processions are incomplete without the resonating music of the Singa.
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