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Ney

The ney is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music.

Ney
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The ney is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 years, dating back to ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest musical instruments still in use.

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Getting to Ney

Airports
Kirkuk (KIK), 161 km · Erbil (EBL), 213 km · Tabriz (TBZ), 294 km
  • Tabriz → Ney
    289 km · quickest by road, 6h 49m · $32–44
  • Tehran → Ney
    479 km · quickest by road, 9h 34m · $48–65
  • Karaj → Ney
    441 km · quickest by road, 9h 42m · $48–65
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  2. 02
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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

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  5. 05
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    10 ways of moving, 16 sources

    743 km

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