Dumbra: ndichiyani, zikuchokera zida, mbiri, ntchito

Dumbra ndi chida choimbira cha Chitata chofanana ndi balalaika waku Russia. Linatenga dzina lake ku chinenero cha Chiarabu, m’kutembenuzidwa kuchokera ku Chirasha limatanthauza “kuzunza mtima.”

Chida chodulirachi ndi chordophone ya zingwe ziwiri kapena zitatu. Thupi nthawi zambiri limakhala lozungulira, lofanana ndi peyala, koma pali zitsanzo za triangular ndi trapezoidal. Kutalika konse kwa chordophone ndi 75-100 cm, m'mimba mwake mwa resonator ndi pafupifupi 5 cm.

Pakafukufuku wofukulidwa m'mabwinja, adatsimikiza kuti dumbra ndi imodzi mwazinthu zakale kwambiri zoyimba, zomwe zakhala zaka pafupifupi 4000. Tsopano amagwiritsidwa ntchito kawirikawiri, makope ambiri amatayika ndipo zitsanzo zomwe zinachokera ku Ulaya zimagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri. Komabe, mu nthawi yathu ndi wowerengeka Chitata chida, popanda izo n'zovuta kulingalira mwambo ukwati. Panopa, masukulu oimba ku Tatarstan ayambanso chidwi chofuna kuphunzitsa ana asukulu kuimba zida zamtundu wa Chitata.

Dumbra amadziwika onse m'gawo la Tatarstan ndi Bashkortostan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan ndi mayiko ena angapo. Mtundu uliwonse uli ndi chordophone ndi dzina lapadera: dombra, dumbyra, dutar.