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Percussie > Drums > Tourou

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  • Double-headed hourglass pression drum (also known as the variable tension drum or the talking drum), from the Siamou people in Burkina Faso (compared to the other Burkina talking drums there are considerably fewer strings attached to change the tensions of the membranes)

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Created

  • 2015-08-02

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  • to be translated (nl)

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/6983

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