Years ago, while travelling in western china, I bought two uyghur instruments: a "[url="http://www.meshrep.com/Music_instruments/Rawap/rawap.htm"]rawap[/url]" and a "[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxhocZurU5Y&feature=related"]duttar[/url]". My duttar is half the size as the one in the video, with two cloth strings. fun for a few minutes, but my inability to grasp uyghur musical styles shows almost immediately
The rawap is a nearly impossible to tune, so it tends to stay on the shelf and look pretty and exotic...