Tibetan dung-dkar trumpet

The culture of Tibet contains inestimable history and rich cultures, and most of the arts are valuable. For those people who love Tibetan instrument, Tibet has some special music instrument. Explore Tibet, a professional Tibet travel agency, today I will introduce the typical local instrument- dung-dkar trumpet to you.

Dung-Dkar means “white conch” in Tibetan language, because most of the trumpet made of white conch shell.Most Tibetan dung-dkar trumpet was made of conch shell, Sometimes you can see some natural inclusions in the conch shell. Most of the dung-dkar trumpet is heavily decorated with ornate patterns in metals, such as silver, bronze or tin. Some beautiful stones will add on it, such as ruby, sapphire and so on. dung-dkar trumpet has a bright bead, someone even was inserted with beautiful turquoise and coral. When you blow through the mouthpiece on one end, the sound will be created, and it sounds like a trumpet, companioning music sheds long ago, it seems takes you to somewhere beyond the highest Himalaya peak

Throughout recorded history, the dung-dkar has been used as a religious musical instrument, Tibetan people believe that it can invoke spirits or banish evil which is said to represent good energy. It is really a rare artwork and worth collecting for those people who interested in Tibetan culture! Explore Tibet offers you the most sincere invitation to Tibet!