Largest
Tamburitza Orchestra - Croatian tamburitza band "100 tamburasa"
sets world record
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatian tamburitza band "100
tamburasa" features 100 of the most-prominent tamburitza
players , setting the world record for the Largest
Tamburitza Orchestra.
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photo) String instrument tamburitza is a member
of the family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and
Southeastern Europe, particularly in Slavonia in Croatia.
The world's
Largest Tamburitza Orchestra features 100 of the
most-prominent tamburitza players, and three of them, Zvonimir
Tonkovic, Darko Kranjcevic and Marijan Kolak,
come from northern Adriatic islands where tamburitza are a
rarity.
