For example, the political dimension of music is demonstrated by Croatian tamburitza ensembles, which feature five long-necked plucked lutes. The development of tamburitza ensembles was closely related to the development of nationalist political movements, and in immigrant Croatian communities, such as those in South Bend, Ind., the playing of tamburitza serves as a focus of ethnic identity. Aerophones are instruments that produce sound through vibrating air, and examples in the exhibit include flutes from Japan andAngola, pan-pipes from China and Papua New Guinea, whistles from Ireland and the United States, and trumpets from Tibet, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Haiti. Chordophones are stringed instruments, and the exhibit features a harp from Ghana, zithers from Madagascar and Turkey, a lyre from Estonia, and lutes from China, Afghanistan, Croatia, Nepal and Ethiopia. Membranophones use a vibrating skin as a sound-producing element, as found in drums from Thailand, Nigeria, Yugoslavia and Liberia.
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