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Esraj player, Downtown Berkeley BART station, Berkeley, CA,

He explained when asked that the exotic viol he was playing was an esraj, a 10th-century instrument from Afghanistan. He was playing "The Star-Spangled Banner". He refused the tip I offer to buskers before taking their picture. Evidently he was playing in public purely for his own pleasure, or because he had nowhere else to practice.

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Uploaded on September 17, 2015
Taken on September 17, 2015