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This is Mathura. She is from London.
Her mother and father are from Sri Lanka.
She speaks English and Tamil.
Her mother and father are from Sri Lanka.
She speaks English and Tamil.



Mathura plays the sitar.
She plays Hindu music.
She doesn't practise everyday. She practises when she can.
She plays Hindu music.
She doesn't practise everyday. She practises when she can.
The sitar is a string instrument. It can also be called a veena.
It is about 1.2 metres long. A guitar has only six strings, but a sitar can have twenty strings!
It is about 1.2 metres long. A guitar has only six strings, but a sitar can have twenty strings!

The sitar is a very old instrument. The first sitar is probably from over five hundred years ago!
It is popular in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
People traditionally play Hindu music. In Hindu myth, Goddess Saraswati plays the sitar. She is the goddess of knowledge and arts.