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===Nepali tradition=== ====Murchunga==== [[Image:Murchunga.jpg|right|thumb|Brass {{Transliteration|ne|murchunga}}, unknown maker. Length: {{convert|11|cm|in|abbr=in|frac=4}}]] In Nepal, one type of Jew's harp is named the {{Transliteration|ne|murchunga}} ([[Nepali language|Nepali]]: {{Lang|ne|मुर्चुङ्गा}}).<ref name=museum>{{cite web |publisher=Nepali Folk Musical Instrument Museum |place=Kathmandu |title=Photo Gallery |url= http://musicmuseumnepal.org/gallery-9/}}</ref> It is very similar to an Indian ''morsing'' or ''morchang'' in that the tongue (or twanger) extends beyond the frame, thus giving the instrument more sustain.<ref name=Konemann>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nikolova |editor1-first=Ivanka |editor2-last=Davey |editor2-first= Laura |editor3-last= Dean |editor3-first= Geoffrey |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments | publisher= Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH|place= Cologne |date= 2000 |pages= 94–101 }}</ref> ====Binayo==== The {{Transliteration|ne|binayo}} ([[Nepali language|Nepali]] {{Lang|ne|बिनायो बाजा}}) is a bamboo Jew's harp, in the [[Kiranti]] musical tradition from Malingo. It is popular in the Eastern Himalayan region of [[Nepal]], [[Sikkim]], [[Darjeeling]], and [[Bhutan]]. It is a wind instrument played by blowing the air without tuning the node with fingers. The {{Transliteration|ne|binayo}} is six inches long and one inch in width.<ref name="MyUser_Schoolgk.com_April_27_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://schoolgk.com/articles/folk-musical-instruments-of-nepal.html |title=Folk musical Instruments Of Nepal |newspaper=Schoolgk.com |access-date= April 27, 2016}}</ref>
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