Engineering:Chardha

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Short description: Stringed instrument
Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Front view.
Turkish-style oud, as played in Turkey, Greece, Armenia, etc.
Chardha built by Nashenas Naujawân. Side view.

The Chardha (also Charda, Chardah or Hunza Rubab) is a stringed instrument from Pakistan and Afghanistan, from and mainly played in the Hunza valley and Gilgit-Baltistan province.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It has 4 or 5 main playing strings made of gut or nylon, and many metal resonance strings.[7]

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