The flute is often played in songs from the Ismaili Pamir regions. Some types of nay are played like a traditional western flute, from the side. The examples below are of end-blown flutes (much like a recorder). Often the nay is used for the traditional performance, falaki. These are brief melodic sessions which can express complaints against destiny, the injustice of heaven or exile to distant places, and sentiments such as the sorrow of a mother separated from her daughter or the sorrow of a lover torn from her/his beloved.
The first tune below was played in the Kalash valley, Chitral in northern Pakistan.
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