What is the significance of the lute to the epic Gassires lute?
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Gassire's lute tells the story of Gassire, an arrogant warrior obsessed with everlasting fame and immortality. He gave up everything to gain immortality through the Dausi, a song that would allow his exploits to live forever. During the story Wagadu rose four times once through vanity. Once through dishonesty. Once through greed. Once through discord. The city was full of human sufferings. Wagadu's “children " suffered from the ill-treatment. The first time Wagadu disappeared was the vanity of the ruling elites. Life that was not free from desire and passion, was always involved with distress. If desire is what lies at the root of all human passion could be removed, then passion would die out and all human suffering would had ended. The first disappearance could be avoided.
Gassire wanted to inherit the Fasa kingdom and wished for the old man to die, which happened to be King Ngaanamba, Gassire's father. So he goes out to the wisest man in the Fasa kingdom, and asked when the king would die and when he would become king. The wise man told Gassire that he would never get his father's shield and sword, that he was destined to carry a lute. Gassire was outraged, but the wise man shrugged and said, “Your path in life is not that of a king, or hero. When you hear the music in the field you will understand the nature of your journey.” Each day, when Gassire took one of his sons to battle and each one was killed, seven of them in total. The Fasa people began to realize the he didn't care for his sons and he was choosing fame over life. And they no longer praised him which made him an outcast in his own kingdom.
One night while camping out, Gassire couldn't sleep. So he decided plucked the strings, the lute began to play a beautiful battle song. At the same moment his father passed away. The lute began to play again and this time all of Gassire's anger dissipated and he wept with both grief and joy. The song that he sang and the music that he played were the most beautiful things ever. The guilt was for his dead sons and father the only happiness he felt at the moment was that he would be remembered for his battle song and his heroic deeds.