Piwancha

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A piwancha is a Nepali chordophone with two strings and a drum at one end. It is a bowed instrument believed to have been played by members of the jyapu caste of Newars in the Kathmandu Valley during the Malla period. No original artifacts have survived, though images have enabled the creation of reproductions.{{cite web |last= untothenight|website= youtube.com|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgR9cKaNIwU|title=Baja-Teaser |quote=a traditional nepali folk instrument that is currently endangered.... "Piwancha" a Newari String Instrument.}}

The strings are tuned to C and G.

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{{cite web|url=http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5497|work=Nepali Times|title=In search of lost music|last=Lama Sherpa|first=Phudorji|date=4 October 2002|issue=114}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/mns/2015/02/05/related_articles/afno-baja-chinau/272874.html|work=Movers & Shakers|title=Afno Baja Chinau|last=Bana|first=Binit}}

{{cite web |title= Chordophones|url= http://www.jwajalapa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:chordophones&catid=38:music&Itemid=81|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081002005442/http://www.jwajalapa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:chordophones&catid=38:music&Itemid=81 | work= Jwajalapa! | publisher = newatech, inc.|date= 1 May 2008 |archivedate = 2 October 2008 |url-status= dead| accessdate = 22 May 2008}}

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Piwancha

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