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What is a Zoorna? Well, the real spelling should be Zurna apparently. It's an armenian musical instrument, also used in Turkey. Unlike the melodious sounding Duduk, the Zurna tends to have an annoying loud sound that gets to your brain after a while. My mother used to call me a Zurna when I bugged her too much as a kid ...
See zurna description and Zurna on Wiki.
Here's instructions on how to play the Zurna
Audio clips: Zurna melody and a wedding party song ; and a Duduk clip: Dle Yaman

Persian music I'm into these days... Zolf bar baad (tresses in the wind) - by Mohsen Namjoo [based on a poem by Hafez] Hasti (being) - by Haale Aghayede Neu Kanti (Neo-kantian views) - by Mohsen Namjoo Diazpam (adad) - by Mohsen Namjoo Ey dad az eshgh (woe be to love) - by Kiosk Eshghe Sor'at (love of speed)- by Kiosk And a fellow Armenian-American: The sky is over and The Unthinking Majority - by Serj Tankian	Ye mosht sarbaaz (bunch of soldiers) - by Hichkas Edde'a (pretense) - by Abjeez DemoKracy - by Abjeez Ey Sareban - by Mohsen Namjoo To kojaee? (where are you?) - by Kiosk Baaz havaa - by Haale
Recent Travel Photos Barcelona, Spain. August 2008. Paris, France. July 2008. Cairo, Egypt. January 2008. Giza, Egypt. January 2008. Nile Cruise, Egypt. December 2007. Luxor. December 2007. Aswan. December 2007. Edfu. December 2007. Istanbul, Turkey. October 2007. Batumi, Georgia. October 2007. Yerevan, Armenia. October 2007. Vienna, Austria. October 2007. Portraits of Iran. Yazd, Iran. January 2007. Kashan, Iran. December 2006. Mitzou's website	*Hunter Thompson*
Flamenco photos from class	More photos: Bata de Cola class