Ģīga
Postage stamp showing Latvian traditional instruments, amongst those the ģīga (2nd instrument from top)
The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia.
The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon (Latvian: vienstīdzis or manihorka), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.[1]
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