The ransingha or ransinga is a type of primitive trumpet made of copper or copper alloys, used in both India and Nepal. The instrument is made of two metal curves, joined to form an "S" shape.[1] It may also be reassembled to form a crescent.[2]
Ransingha horn assembled in the S shape. Can also be fitted into C shape.
It is part of a group of curved-tube instruments that include the ransingha, the narsinga and the sringa. It may also be related to the laawaa and Tibetan dungchen, both straight tubular copper horns.
The instrument's name has been variously spelled narsinga, ransingha, ramsinga, and srnga.
Srnga is Sanskrit for horn and used in North India and Nepal. Its modern forms include "Sig", "Siga,", and "Singha". The term was historically used for a wide variety shapes and sizes of horns, including straight horns, and horns made from water buffalo horns with mouthpieces made from ox horns.[3]
Ramsinghaedit
India, 1799. The Ramsinga, as depicted in the book Les Hindoûs (Volume II), by the Flemish artist Frans Balthazar Solvyns.
The ramsinga is a pronunciation specific to India. It uses four pipes of very thin metal which fit one within the other. It is mentioned in Emilio Salgari's works such as The Mystery of the Black Jungle (1895), where it is associated with the thugee cult.
Played historically in C shape in Nepal by Damai caste musicians in groups such as the damai baja. This form used in Nepal, Himachal Pradesh and southern Bihar.[4] The Narasingha horn is also played by the Gawantaris (musicians) of the Udasisect of Sikhism to inform the public about religious processions.[5]
Nepal. The C-shaped narsinga is part of the Panche baja instruments.
Nepal. Narsinga being played for a wedding.
Nepal. Narsingas at a wedding party.
Fresco from Thakurdwara Dariana Mal in Amritsar depicting an Udasi playing the Narasingha
^Manorma Sharma (1 January 1998). Tribal melodies of Himachal Pradesh: Lahaul Valley. APH Publishing. pp. 64–. ISBN978-81-7024-942-9. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
^Nikolova, Ivanka; Davey, Laura; Dean, Geoffrey, eds. (2000). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments. Cologne: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. p. 94.
^Alastair Dick (1984). "Śrnga". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. p. 442. Volume 3.
^Carol M Babiracki; Mireille Helffer (1984). "Narsīga". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. p. 749. Volume 2.
^Teja, Charanjit Singh (27 July 2019). "Meet the family that has been making musical instruments since eight generations". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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History of the ransingha or narsinga with photos.
Ancient musical instruments of India (circa 18th Century) as depicted by Balthazar Solvyns in Les Hindoûs (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, IGNCA)
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