Aarbajo

The instrument measures approximately 100 centimeters long, and is about 22 centimeters wide at the bowl. The bowl is about 17 centimeters deep. The whole instrument is carved from a single piece of Khirro wood (Sapium insigne). Its four strings are tuned to "lower C, middle C and G and higher C," over three octaves. It has a skin soundboard. ==Similarities to other instruments==

The Asrbajo uses skin for its soundboard, an ancient international lute-building tradition. This tradition has also survived in the Nepali tungna. Skin-topped instruments have survived in China, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. As the aarbajo is viewed, standing upright, it has projections from the neck just above the bowl, similar to instruments from elsewhere in the mountains of Asia, including the Tibetan dranyen, Pamiri rubab and the Uyghur rawap. ==Prominent performers==

Both the aarbajo and Nepali sarangi were performed on the BBC radio network in 2019 by Prakash Gandharva, in a radio entertainment targeting poaching. Gandharva worked on the show for 7 years. The show was organized by "Greenhood Nepal", and environment group in Nepal that focuses on "communities that border important wildlife habitats." The songs also explored what happens in the world when an animal disappears from the forest. The entertainment was aimed reaching people with the environmental message. == See also ==