Street vendors display Indian National Flags ahead of Independence Day, in Delhi
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Street vendors display Indian National Flags, or Tiranga, along a roadside in Delhi, India, ahead of Independence Day on 15 August.
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An old man sells 'Ektara' outside Dilli Haat, Delhi
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Old-man sells 'Ektara', one of India's ancient instruments at Dilli Haat in Delhi. Ektar is a simple folk instrument. It is used to provide both a drone as well as simple rhytmic accompaniment to folk songs. It may be the oldest stringed instrument in the Indian subcontinent. The ektar is described in ancient Sanskrit texts as the ekatantri vina, literally the "one stringed lute". In Punjab the ektar is known as the tumbi The construction is very simple, it is nothing more than a gourd which has been penetrated by a stick of bamboo. Another piece of bamboo forms the tuning peg. The bridge is merely a coin, piece of coconut, plastic or similar object. Ektars such as this are common in the south. In the north, their construction is a little more complicated. A membrane is stretched
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