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  • noun music An ancient reeded woodwind instrument with a long slim body and bulbous sound bowl, with or without keys.

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Examples

  • Shenailess and no band. shenai is a flute like musical instrument played at funerals and weddings and its popular exponent was Late Bismillah Khan. .who played the shenai, walking barefeet on Ashura the 10th day of Moharram. posted on 21 sept 2006

    2006 December 17 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • Shenailess and no band. shenai is a flute like musical instrument played at funerals and weddings and its popular exponent was Late Bismillah Khan. .who played the shenai, walking barefeet on Ashura the 10th day of Moharram. posted on 21 sept 2006

    The Hijdas of Matunga Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • I met the erstwhile Rajah of Mehmoodabad a thorough gentleman, polished, well read and pure blue blood, but on Athvi he walks bare feet with his family and the sepulchral melody of the shenai and old charm is once again seen, in fullflow.

    2006 October 14 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • I met the erstwhile Rajah of Mehmoodabad a thorough gentleman, polished, well read and pure blue blood, but on Athvi he walks bare feet with his family and the sepulchral melody of the shenai and old charm is once again seen, in fullflow.

    2006 October « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • I met the erstwhile Rajah of Mehmoodabad a thorough gentleman, polished, well read and pure blue blood, but on Athvi he walks bare feet with his family and the sepulchral melody of the shenai and old charm is once again seen, in fullflow.

    The House Alams at Kazmain « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • The procession is accompanied by the rythmic beating of the drums and the playing of the shenai trumpet.

    Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News 2009

  • Though mistakenly credited with employing flute and bass clarinet here, this first ESP installment finds Logan strictly on alto and tenor saxophones and shenai.

    bagatellen 2009

  • But through it all was the gripping sound emanating from the entryway, a young man playing a shenai (a long reed instrument) that resonated through the little semi-enclosed stone and concrete space, another young man next to him chanting Hindu verses.

    Spinner 2009

  • a home away from home at Ajmer fools enter and angels fear to dare hijdas, eunuchs, transgendered wing broken, incomplete identity open hair, anklet bells, androgynous shenai all at this festive fair soul to souls body to body bare on the khwaja moinuddin chishty s mazaar sandal, a new hope, share bhaucahara mata, aryavan of koovagam also there

    The Hijdas of Moti Katra « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006

  • The kettledrums boomed, the shenai let loose its wail, men’s voices clamored in song in the darkness.

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

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