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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

tambour à double caisson

English translation:

double-headed drum

Added to glossary by MoiraB
Sep 12, 2016 11:07
7 yrs ago
French term

tambour à double caisson

French to English Art/Literary Music
Can anyone musical confirm that "double-headed drum" is the right term for this? Used as a ritual object by Buddhist spiritual healers.

Devant un autel orné de divinités tantriques bouddhistes, ils officient avec vêtements et attributs inspirés du lamaïsme : tissu rouge couvrant la tête, surmonté d’une couronne à panicules à l’effigie des boddhisattvas, rosaires, **tambour à double caisson**, clochette (ghanta) et foudre-diamant (vajra), cymbales et poignard magique (phurbu),…
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 double-headed drum

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double-headed drum

Yes that sounds fine to me. (I have a music degree).
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : Yes, it must refer to a damaru/damru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaru . Literally "double-bodied", but that implies something like bongos, which is not what they mean.
29 mins
agree Lee Nicoletti-Jones : Damaru is most likely, although double-headed drum is just fine as well.
10 hrs
agree Ronnie J Rigdon
1 day 6 hrs
agree Yolanda Broad
1 day 9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for the confirmation!"