ZeeGooner's video: Ancient Armenian Duduk Tsiranapogh -

pictures of Armenian traditional dances, and natural motifs. The ram an ancient and venerated Armenian animal holds high regards in Armenian culture and iconography. musicologists cite evidence of the duduk's use as early as 1200 BC, though Western scholars suggest it is 1,500 years old. Variants of the duduk can be found in Armenia and the Caucasus. The history of the Armenian duduk music is dated to the reign of the Armenian king Tigran the Great, who reigned from 95--55 B.C.[16] According to ethnomusicologist Dr. Jonathan McCollum, the instrument is depicted in numerous Armenian manuscripts of the Middle Age, and is "actually the only truly Armenian instrument that's survived through history, and as such is a symbol of Armenian national identity ... The most important quality of the duduk is its ability to express the language dialectic and mood of the Armenian language, which is often the most challenging quality to a duduk player Historically, the word ծիրանափող, pronounced [tsiɾɑnɑˈpʰoʁ], (literally "apricot pipe") was used in Armenian. According to some sources, the word "duduk" (դուդուկ) was put into wide circulation in Armenia in the 1920s, during the early Soviet period, thus largely replacing "tsiranapogh"