Tambura

Tambura may refer to:

Musical string instruments

• Tanbur, a long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
  • Iranian tanbur (Kurdish tanbur), used in Yarsan rituals
  • Turkish tambur, instrument played in Turkey
  • Yaylı tambur, also played in Turkey
  • Tanpura, a drone instrument played in India
  • Tambura (instrument), played in Balkan peninsula
  • Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
  • Tambouras, played in Greece
  • Tanbūra (lyre), played in East Africa and the Middle East
  • Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura

Other

• Tambura River, Romania
• Tumbura, a town in South Sudan
  • Tumbura Airport, an airport serving the above town
• Tambur, an old name for Hemşin, a town in Rize Province, Turkey
• "Tambura", a hidden track from P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown

See also

• Bandura, a Ukrainian instrument
• Dombra, an instrument in Kazakhstan, Siberia and Afghanistan
• Domra, a Russian instrument
• Pandura, an instrument played in Ancient Greece and other ancient civilisations from the Mediterranean basin