A Ukrainian stringed instrument resembling a large asymmetrical lute with many strings, held vertically and plucked like a zither.
班多拉琴，乌克兰琉琴（一种乌克兰弦乐器，似不对称的琉琴，垂直抱着拨奏）
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Traditional folk instruments include the bandura, a variety of flutes, various fiddles and basses, drums and rattles, the bagpipe, the hurdy-gurdy, the Jew's harp, and the hammered dulcimer.
The bandura is an old instrument from the old days of the Kozak armies.
Hryhorii Kytastyi, musical director, composer and bandurist, is the author of more than 30 melodies of Ukrainian songs for solo and choir with bandura or piano accompaniment.
The bandura, Ukraine's national instrument, may have from twenty to sixty-five strings and is similar to a lute.
The Ukrainians, who were given a huge reception when they took part in Saturday's parade wearing their traditional dress, play a 56-string instrument called the bandura and also sing.