kultrún

music instrument

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In Native American music: Southern Cone
…Mapuche musical instruments are the kultrún drum, played by female shamans, and the trutruka, a long bamboo trumpet played by men for ceremonial events. Instruments from the Chaco region include gourd rattles used in shamanic curing rituals, water drums, and bamboo stamping tubes played by Maká women. In the Misiones…
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In Native American music: Membranophones
…a ceremonial drum called the kultrún from a wooden bowl covered by a skin fastened with human hair or animal sinew. The shaman places various objects inside the body of the kultrún, such as small rocks, feathers, or healing herbs, and paints the drum head with designs that hold personal…
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