Global Hit and geo answer

The World

The subject of our Global Hit today is not a musician.
It’s an instrument.

A relatively new instrument called the hang. It was invented in the city of Berne, Switzerland – the answer to our Geo Quiz.

But The World’s Aaron Schachter actually came across the hang in the Syrian capital of all places. That’s where he picks up the story.

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