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The dhyāngro is a frame drum played by the jhakri (shamans) of Nepal and India—especially those of the Magars, the Kirati, and the Tamang—as well as by Tibetan Buddhist musicians. The dhyāngro may be either single- or double-headed. Double-headed drums are said to have a male side and a female side. [1]
In India, wooden damaru are part of Hindu ceremonies. Ìgbìn is a simple cylinder drum made from a section of trunk of the Yoruba tree in Nigeria, the skin of which is stretched with wooden pegs. The sacred drum used in the Orisha cult stands on three feet, roughly carved out at the bottom. The three different sizes of the ìgbìn are struck ...
The mridangam is a double-sided drum whose body is usually made using a hollowed piece of jackfruit wood about an inch thick. The two mouths or apertures of the drum are covered with a goat, cow or buffalo skin and laced to each other with leather straps along the length of the drum.
Individual hourglass-shaped rattle vi drums (under revised Hornbostel Sachs classifications) [1] [2]) A damaru ( Sanskrit : डमरु , IAST : ḍamaru ; Tibetan ཌ་མ་རུ་ or རྔ་ཆུང) is a small two-headed drum, used in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism .
Kumbha - a type of pottery in India. It symbolises the womb, thus it represents fertility, life, generative power of human beings and sustenance and is generally associated with devis, particularly Ganga. [5] Akshaya Patra - Akshayapatra (means an inexhaustible vessel), is an object from Hindu theology.
Urumi melam ensembles usually consists of double-reed instruments Nadaswaram, a pair of double headed drums called pambai, and one to three urumi drums; this particular ensemble is associated exclusively with funerals and other inauspicious occasions. The naiyandi melam is the most common type of folk ensemble associated with ritual and dance.
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Before becoming "musical" instruments some drums have their origins in medicine practices, ritual practices, battle needs, communication needs - talking drum. Pages in category "Sacred musical instruments"