IKH buree - Mongolia Flute Instrument - Longhorn Trumpet - ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ

IKH buree

Tibetan and Mongolian long horn trumpet. Made of copper with a length of 2 to 5 meters. Generates a bass tone, you let the tone increase slowly and then fade away again. A legend says that Padmasambhava (founder of Tibetan Buddhism) got this instrument from his Indian friends to imitate the roar of Indian elephants.

Played by Tibetan and Mongolian monks.