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TheTibetan horn ordungchen (Tibetan:དུང་ཆེན།,Wylie:dung chen,ZYPY:tungqên, literally "big conch," also calledrag dung (རག་དུང་, literally "brass horn";Mongolian:hiidiin buree (хийдийн бүрээ, literally "monastery horn");Chinese:筒欽;pinyin:tǒng qīn) is a longtrumpet orhorn used inTibetan Buddhist andMongolian buddhist ceremonies. It is the most widely used instrument in Tibetan Buddhist culture. It is often played in pairs or multiples, and the sound is compared to the singing of elephants.Tsultrim Allione described the sound:
It is a long, deep, whirring, haunting wail that takes you out somewhere beyond the highest Himalaya peaks and at the same time back into your mother's womb.[1]
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