| 单词 | tassa drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmastassa drum More fully tassa drum. A bowl-shaped goatskin drum of north Indian origin which is typically hung from the neck and played with two sticks. Also: a style of Caribbean percussion music, derived from Indian drumming traditions, which is performed at weddings, festivals, and other gatherings, esp. in Trinidad, by an ensemble playing tassa drums and other instruments like the dhol (see dhol n.).The drums were introduced to the Caribbean by Indian workers in the 19th century, and the Caribbean style of music evolved from this as an independent genre in the 20th century. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > [noun] > types of drum kettledrumming1848 tambourinade1893 tassa1948 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 1948 ‘Lord Wonder’ Chinese on Carnival Day in L. Winer Dict. Eng./Creole Trinidad & Tobago (2009) 882/2 On their tassa they beating some Indian song. 1979 Caribbean Stud. 19 25 The very factors which made the ULF acceptable to Indians raised questions in the minds of non-Indians... The election eve ULF motorcades (complete with tassa drumming)..displayed..what the racial basis of the ULF was. 1990 L. Scott in S. Brown Caribbean New Wave 155 Tassa, coolie drums, coolie music. All Sunday after mass Indian wedding in the afternoon. 2004 S. Dudley Calypso Music in Trinidad i. 16 Tassa drumming is performed in an ensemble consisting of a large barrel-shaped drum called the dhol..a pair of brass cymbals called jhanjh, and the kettle-shaped tassa drum. < as lemmas |
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