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1. TRADITIONAL
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
USED IN
KERALA

2. IDAKKA
 THE IDAKKA, ALSO SPELT EDAKKA, IS
AN HOURGLASS-SHAPED
DRUM FROM KERALA IN SOUTH INDIA. THIS
HANDY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE PAN-INDIAN DAMARU.
 WHILE THE DAMARU IS PLAYED BY RATTLING
KNOTTED CORDS AGAINST THE RESONATORS,
THE IDAKKA IS PLAYED WITH A STICK. LIKE THE
DAMARU, THE IDAKKA'S PITCH MAY BE BENT BY
SQUEEZING THE LACING IN THE MIDDLE. THE
IDAKKA IS SLUNG OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER
AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT IS
GENTLY BEATEN WITH A THIN CURVE-ENDED
STICK.

3. ELATHALAM
 ELATHALAM, OR ILATHALAM, IS A METALLIC MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT WHICH RESEMBLES A MINIATURE PAIR
OF CYMBALS. THIS INSTRUMENT FROM KERALA AND TAMIL
NADU IN SOUTHERN INDIA IS COMPLETELY MADE OUT
OF BRONZE AND HAS TWO PIECES IN IT.
 ELATHALAM IS PLAYED BY KEEPING ONE PART OF THE
CYMBAL IN LEFT HAND BANGING THE OTHER CYMBAL TO THE
ONE IN LEFT HAND. EVEN THOUGH THIS INSTRUMENT IS
SMALL BY SIZE, IT DOES HAVE MORE THICKNESS THAN THE
COMMON CYMBAL, AND THUS GIVES A DISTINCT CHIME.
 ELATHALAM IS NEVER A LEAD INSTRUMENT BUT IS USED IN A
NUMBER OF ETHNIC KERALA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES
LIKE PANCHAVADYAM, CHENDA MELAM, THAYAMBAKA AND K
AILAYA VATHIYAM BESIDES BY SECOND SINGER ON
A KATHAKALI STAGE BESIDE PROVIDING THE BEAT IN KUZHAL
PATTU AND KOMBU PATTU.

4. CHENDA
 THE CHENDA IS A CYLINDRICAL PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
USED WIDELY IN THE STATE OF KERALA. IT HAS A LENGTH OF
TWO FEET AND A DIAMETER OF ONE FOOT. ... THE CHENDA IS
SUSPENDED FROM THE DRUMMERS NECK SO THAT IT HANGS
VERTICALLY.
 THE CHENDA IS MAINLY PLAYED IN HINDU TEMPLE FESTIVALS AND
AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT IN THE RELIGIOUS ART FORMS OF
KERALA. THE CHENDA IS USED AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT
FOR KATHAKALI, KOODIYATTAM, KANNYAR KALI, THEYYAM AND
AMONG MANY FORMS OF DANCES AND RITUALS IN KERALA.

5. TRADITIONAL MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
USED IN
HIMACHAL PRADESH

6. DHOL
 DHOL CAN REFER TO ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF SIMILAR
TYPES OF DOUBLE-HEADED DRUM WIDELY USED, WITH
REGIONAL VARIATIONS, THROUGHOUT THE INDIAN
SUBCONTINENT. ITS RANGE OF DISTRIBUTION.
 IN INDIA, BANGLADESH AND PAKISTAN PRIMARILY INCLUDES
NORTHERN AREAS SUCH AS
THE PUNJAB, HARYANA, DELHI, KASHMIR, SINDH, ASSAM
VALLEY, UTTARAKHAND, WEST
BENGAL, ODISHA, GUJARAT, MAHARASHTRA, KONKAN, GOA,
KARNATAKA, RAJASTHAN, BIHAR, JHARKHAND AND UTTAR
PRADESH.
 THE RANGE STRETCHES WESTWARD AS FAR AS
EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. A RELATED INSTRUMENT IS
THE DHOLAK OR DHOLKI.

7. CHIMTA
 THE TRADITION OF PLAYING THE CHIMTA FOR HYMNS CAN BE
TRACED BACK TO THE JOGIS OR THE NATHS. THE INSTRUMENT,
ALSO KNOWN AS 'TAMBOURINE SWORD' AND 'FIRE TONG,' IS
PLAYED DURING THE GUGGA DANCE, AS PART OF WORSHIP OF
GUGGA OR GOGAJI IN HARYANA, PUNJAB,
UTTARKHAND, HIMACHAL, UTTAR PRADESH AND RAJASTHAN.
 THE CHIMTA CONSISTS OF A LONG, FLAT PIECE
OF STEEL OR IRON THAT IS POINTED AT BOTH ENDS, AND
FOLDED OVER IN THE MIDDLE. A METAL RING IS ATTACHED
NEAR THE FOLD, AND THERE ARE JINGLES OR RINGS ATTACHED
ALONG THE SIDES AT REGULAR INTERVALS. SOMETIMES THERE
ARE SEVEN PAIRS OF JINGLES. THE RINGS ARE PLUCKED IN A
DOWNWARD MOTION TO PRODUCE TINKLING SOUNDS.
CHIMTAS WITH LARGE RINGS ARE USED AT RURAL FESTIVALS
WHILE ONES WITH SMALLER RINGS ARE OFTEN USED AS AN
ACCOMPANIMENT TO BHANGRA DANCERS AND SINGERS OF
TRADITIONAL INDIAN HYMNS.

8. NAGARA
 THE NAGARA OR NAGHARA IS A DRUM USED IN
THE MIDDLE EAST. THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF
NAGHARA, WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE
LEAD INSTRUMENT IN FOLK CEREMONIES AND
WEDDINGS.
 THE NAGHARA DIFFERS IN SIZE AND GOES BY
VARIOUS NAMES SUCH AS "BOYUK NAGARA" (BIG
NAGHARA), "CURA NAGARA" (SMALL NAGHARA),
"CHILING NAGHARA" (PLAYED WITH DRUM
STICKS), "QOLTUQ NAGARA" (DRUM HELD UNDER
THE ARM), GOSHA NAGHARA (NAQAREH) AND "EL
NAGHARA" (HAND NAGHARA).

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