Pambai
Pambai (double: one drum has a lower tone)
The pambai (Tamil: பம்பை) is a pair of cylindrical drums used in temple festivals and folk music originated in Tamil Nadu.
This unit of two drums is held near the waist of the player or put on the floor, and beaten with sticks, or with a hand and a stick. In the simpler varieties, both drums are made of wood, but there is a pambai in which one drum is of wood and the other of brass: the wooden one is known as veeru vanam and the metal drum as vengala pambai. The pambai is played in the traditional ensemble naiyandi melam.
Pambai (single)
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See also
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References
- 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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