SANTAL, Adivasi people, north-west India. A rare and very old "Sarangi/Sarangui" stringed instrument with a rectangular mulberry wood case. The resonance On the top of the instrument, a couple is sitting side by side. The sarangi is a bowed string instrument. It is a generic term for a wide variety of viols used in folk and art music. Some names may vary depending on the number of strings or the origin of the instrument: sarangi, sarinda, dhobro banam, etc. The Santal consider their instrument, with its shape and sound reminiscent of the human voice, to be a medium that enables them to communicate with the beyond, since they regard it as a gift from supernatural forces. gift from supernatural forces. Height: 70 cm Note: Adivasi (literally "aborigine") is the name given to the indigenous populations of India, especially those living in the central part of the country, from Maharashtra to Odisha.