Indian Aerophone (Transverse Flute): "Bansuri"

This wind instrument is a bamboo flute called a bansuri. The bansuri has six finger holes and one embouchure hole, and is used predominantly in the Hindustani music of Northern India. The bansuri is a transverse (side-blown). It is one of the world's most ancient instruments, having existed in more or less its current form for about 4,000 years.

To get a sound, the player touches the mouth hole to the point half-way down his or her lower lip, and blows air basically across the top of the hole, almost as if half the air is going into the hole and half over it. The bamboo flute is an important instrument in Indian classical music, and developed independently of the Western flute. The Hindu God Krishna is traditionally considered a master of the bamboo flute. The Indian flutes are very simple compared to the Western counterparts; they are made of bamboo and are keyless.
Source:
http://www.indianflutemusic.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flute