What is "bandari"

n. A kind of music originating from the Iranian side of the Persian Gulf.

Bandari can refer to:

• Bandari music, a style of music
• Bandari (AVC), a musical group
• Bhandary, a surname
• Bandari, ports in Kiswahili
• Bandari za Africa

Bandari is a new-age music band on the AVC Audio Video Communications AG record label of Au, Switzerland. Bandari released its first album in 1990 and has published over 20 albums all around the world.

Compared with other new-age music musician such as Yanni, Kitaro or Enigma, Bandari produces music with slower and softer rhythm.

The band has been marketed mainly in Taiwan and China. It has gained far more popularity in Chinese-speaking areas than in other countries, where it is relatively unknown, even in Switzerland.