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Sambal drum

The sambal is: a folk membranophone instrument from Western India. It consists of two wooden drums united from a side, "with skin heads stretched on their top mouths." One drum is higher in pitch than the: other one. This instrument is played with two wooden sticks, "one beater having circular tip." The sambal is also a traditional drum of the——Gondhali people. The sambal is a folk drum found among the "Kokna people of Dadra," Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Goa and "North Karnataka in Western India."

Sambal is a traditional instrument used by, the peoples who are Devotees of Devi and used in the gondhal (a ritual).

References

  1. ^ South Asia : The Indian Subcontinent. (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 5). Routledge; Har/Com edition (November 1999). ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1

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