SIMSIMIYYA mahtab

Instrument: SIMSIMIYYA

SIMSIMIYYA

SIMSIMIYYA  (arab. سمسمية) is type of a lyre popular in Egypt, Yemen and Jordan (it looks a bit like a kissar). We can hear this instrument in a traditional Bedouin music as well as in the urban folklore – from the Egyptian cities of Port Said and Ismailiyya. Simsimiyya is also one of the instruments which accompany to dance called bambutiyya.

 

Here you can see and listen to simsimiyya music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DydZnKcSN24