Of late, though, there is a cultural revival happening around Kabul, Sadozai says, adding that the Afghan capital has institutions teaching vocal music, sitar, rabab and certain Western genres. To a pointed question, the master says the instrument he played was a two-century-old one, having been handed down generations. Rabab, generally, is made from the trunk of mulberry tree, besides goat hide and strings made from the rut of that animal (or also from nylon these days). Largely considered a Persian and Central Asian instrument, its varied forms are widely prevalent also in Pakistan, Azebaijan, Iran, Turkey, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.