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What are the large lutes called?

All were labeled Goje players by the uploader; however these instruments appear to be akontings or ekontings or something equivalent. There is a goje player, in front far right. It is different from the akintong in that the butt of the neck doesn't emerge from the side of the bowl but through the soundboard. An alternate identification for the large lutes would be babbar garaya. This instrument listed in Banjo Roots and Branches describes the babbar garaya as "literally big garaya", a semi spike lute that uses a gourd body.}} That description matches the picture, unlike the earlier speculation about the akonting; the akonting is a full spike lute in which the handle pokes out the bottom of the lute. The semi spike lutes poke through a hole in the soundboard. I am tenatively labeling this a troup of babbar garaya lutes with goje fiddle.Jacqke (talk) 01:30, 3 September 2024 (UTC) Jacqke (talk) 01:30, 3 September 2024 (UTC)