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Title
Karatalas or Bronze Hand Cymbals
Subject
Musical Instrument
Description
Karatalas or hand cymbals are a pair of crash cymbals that produce a high pitched percussion sound. Karatalas, in religious contexts, accompany Hindus when performing devotional music. Hare Krishna Hindus commonly use Karatalas because of Krishna's association with music. However, Karatalas are ubiquitous to all Hindu devotional music.
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Sources:
Vimalakānta Rôya Caudhurī, The Dictionary of Hindustani Classical Music (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, 2017).
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Sources:
Vimalakānta Rôya Caudhurī, The Dictionary of Hindustani Classical Music (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, 2017).
Contributor
Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)
Dr. William V. Puffenberger
Rights
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Format
Small cylindrical bronze cymbals with an orange rope connecting them together.
The diameter of each cymbal: 3 in (7.6 cm)
Length from cymbal to cymbal (including the rope): 27 in (68.6 cm)
Length from cymbal to cymbal (including the rope): 27 in (68.6 cm)
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
Puffenberger #99
Coverage
India