Iranian tanbur

Kurdish tanbur or tanbour , a fretted string instrument, is an initial and main form of the tanbur instrument family, original of and unique to the Kurdish people. It is highly associated with the Yarsan (Ahl-e Haqq) religion in Kurdish areas and in the Lorestan provinces of Iran. It is one of the few musical instruments used in Ahl-e Haqq rituals, and practitioners venerate the tembûr as a sacred object. Another popular percussion instrument used together with the tembur in Yarsan spirituality is the Kurdish daf.