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n t o du c o n T o T h e D ud u Th dudu isan Armenian wind instrument Itoriginated before th time of Christ nd as ma ntaine ts basi desi thro gh ut th centur es Today,it onti ue to played as classi folklori instrument in th musi ensemble of Armenia. Neighborin countries an cultures play very simila instrument called H m e y H * an "bclobon bu th styl of play ng nd th to thos instrument re markedly differen from th soun of th duduk. Ain severa te ev si sh ws an movies Armenian musi ia have made th dudu popula within th Wester musi world.
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