Chiwang
Introduction Acho Namgyal playing piwang in 1937The '''''chiwang''''' (Dzongkha: སྤྱི་དབང་; Wylie: ''spyi-dbang'') is a type of fiddle played in Bhutan. The ''chiwang'', the ''lingm'' (flute), and the ''dramyen'' (lute) comprise the basic instrumental inventory for traditional Bhutanese folk music.Although the ''chiwang'' is considered typically Bhutanese, it is a variety of the ''piwang'', a Tibetan two-stringed fiddle. It is heavily associated with ''boedra'', one of two dominant genres of Bhutanese folk music, in which it symbolizes a horse.
See also *Boedra*Music of Bhutan
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