Chuniri

The Chuniri (Georgian: ჭუნირი), also known as Hisyn (Ossetian: Хъисын), is a bowed musical instrument played in Georgia and Ossetia.Accompaniment of solo songs, national heroic poems and dance melodies were performed on it in Svaneti.In Svaneti and Racha people even could make a weather forecast according to the sound produced by chianuri.For instance, one of the relatives (man) of a dead person would sit down in open air by the bonfire and play a sad melody.In his song (sang in a low voice) he would remember the life of the deceased person and the lives of ancestors of the family.
ClassificationBowed string instrumentGeorgianOssetianGeorgiaOssetiaSvanetichangisalamuriChuurqinMorin khuurApkhyartaMusical instruments of Georgia (country)String instrumentsChoghurPanduriSanturWoodwind instrumentsGudastviriLarchemiPililiShagurSoinariGeorgian AccordionPercussion instrumentsDayerehNagaraNaqarehTsintsilaMusic of Georgia (country)