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đàn hồ

Illustration — The second man from the right is playing the đàn hồ The đàn hồ (Chữ Nôm: 彈胡) is a two-stringed vertical violin with wooden resonator. The term hồ ("barbarian, central Asian" 胡) derives from Chinese hu, as in Chinese huqin 胡琴). It is similar to the yehu.

Also recorded as dan ho

đàn hồ

Gravure insérée dans l'ouvrage du missionnaire catholique romain Léon-Xavier Girod (mort en 1924), Dix Ans de Haut-Tonkin, édité chez Alfred Mame fils à Tours, en 1899

dessinateur graveur inconnus · Léon-Xavier Girod (mort en 1924), Dix Ans de Haut-Tonkin, édité chez Alfred Mame fils à Tours, en 1899 (visible dans Gallica) · Public domain

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