Mihbaj

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A mihbaj (Arabic: مهباج‎) is a traditional Bedouin implement, made of a wooden base with a foot-long pestle, that serves both as a coffee grinder and as a percussion instrument. It is one of the few instruments used in Bedouin music.

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• http://www.classicalarabicmusic.com/Disk%204/04%20Mihbaj.mp3

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