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Update: On the lyra in Cyprus

This article claims that, contrary to the speculative discussion in my previous entry on the subject, there is some evidence that a kind of lyra used to be played in Cyprus.
There is even an artist and instrument maker notable for his lyras, Leonidas Spanos, who works in the village of Dali.

(Let's hope this isn't occasion for the kind of weird ethnocentric speculation that came up with the tabouras (see the link to the relevant article from this previous entry.)

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Plus a symphonic version here..




Freshly painted boats seem to inspire singing (see e.g. this or this).