Pungi Pungi The pungi (Hindi: पुंगी), also called the been (बीन) and murli, is a wind instrument played by snake charmers on the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a mouth-blown air reservoir made from a gourd, which channels air into two reedpipes. The pungi is played with no pauses, with the player employing circular breathing. The pungi originated in India and is still played by snake charmers in street performances. The pungi was originally developed as an Indian folk music instrument, and is still important for religious purposes and music in India. The pungi was popular in the Badagutittū about
Mizmar (instrument) it is influenced by the Turkish "zurna," a higher-pitched version of the "mizmar", and may also be known in those countries as a "zamr" (زمر) or "zamour", as well as "mizmar". In Algeria a similar instrument is called "ghaita" or "rhaita" (غيطة). Along with belly dancing, the mizmar may accompany the dabke, a folkloric line dance done in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. Mizmar (instrument) In Arabic music, a mizmār (; plural مَزَامِير mazāmīr) is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt, the term "mizmar" usually refers to the conical shawm that is called "zurna" in Turkey. "Mizmar"