Pepa (instrument) Pepa (instrument) The pepa is a hornpipe musical instrument that is used in traditional music in Assam, India. It is usually made with the horn of a buffalo. "Pepa" is a hornpipe which has been used during Bihu celebrations since ancient times. It was mostly blown by the Deori priests in olden times to imitate the music needed to summon Tian gods, much like the Shofar used by Jews. The Tibetans and ancient Chinese also used similar instruments named "Rwa-dun" for religious rituals. Later, it was used as a musical instrument for festive occasions like Bihu. As the buffalo population
Nevel (instrument) Nevel (instrument) The nevel or nebel ( "nêḇel") was a stringed instrument used by the ancient Hebrew people. The Greeks translated the name as "nabla" (νάβλα, “Phoenician harp”). A number of possibilities have been proposed for what kind of instrument the "nevel" was; these include the psaltery, and the kithara, both of which are strummed instruments like the kinnor, with strings running across the sound box, like the modern guitar and zither. Most scholars believe the "nevel" was a frame harp, a plucked instrument with strings rising up from its sound box. The King James Version renders the word into