Mari music
Mari music is the music of the Volga-Finnic Mari people of Russia. Mari music is generally pentatonic. Song
Mari songs are generally short and lyrical. Common themes include the Volga river, and a love of nature, to include forests and rainbows. Musical instruments
Mari instruments include the kusle or karsh, a type of zither. The Mari also play the tumyr (drum), birch-bark horn, accordions, and a Mari bagpipe, the shuvyr. References