Fadno
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The fadno is a reed instrument of the Sami people
(also known as "Lapp") of Scandinavia. The instrument features a reed and three to six (generally four) fingerholes, and appears to have no parallels among the surrounding Scandinavian peoples.
The instrument is made from a 15-30cm length of the angelica
plant (fadno, the term for one-year-old angelica), from which the instrument derives its name. The instrument's reed is unusual, categories as "idioglottic concussion reed".
Sami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
(also known as "Lapp") of Scandinavia. The instrument features a reed and three to six (generally four) fingerholes, and appears to have no parallels among the surrounding Scandinavian peoples.
The instrument is made from a 15-30cm length of the angelica
Angelica
Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland...
plant (fadno, the term for one-year-old angelica), from which the instrument derives its name. The instrument's reed is unusual, categories as "idioglottic concussion reed".