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Percussion instruments > Drums > Ngoua ngomo

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  • Solid cylindrical (sometimes barrel or conical) drum (with or without feet carved out from the base) from the Teke-Ngangoulou people of the Plateau (Gamboma) region in the Republic of the Congo. Used to accompany songs in the ritual dances and popular festivities

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  • Ngou a ngomo

Created

  • 2017-08-30

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  • to be translated (en)

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/8310

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