Mirwas
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Themirwāsormarwas(Arabic:مرواس), pluralmarāwīs(Arabic:مراويس) is a small double-sided, high-pitchedhand drumoriginally from theMiddle East.It is a popular instrument in theArab States of the Persian Gulf,used insawtandfijirimusic. It is also common inKuwaitandYemen.
Hadhramimigrants fromYementook the instrument toMuslim Southeast Asia(especiallyIndonesia,MalaysiaandBrunei), where it is used inZapinandGambusmusical genres. A similar drum of this area is theGendang.
The Marwas drums used to accompanyGambusmusic inLampung,Indonesiaoften consist of four sizes with two skins of a diameter between 12-20 centimetres.[1]The skins are commonly made from goatskin and formerly black monkey skin and are laced with leather or plastic to a jackfruit-wood cylindrical body of around 8 to 10 centimetres in height.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Double-skinned (double-headed) drums- Oman Centre for Traditional Music
- Traditional music in the Yemen- The British-Yemeni Society
- Charles Capwell, 'Contemporary Manifestations of Yemeni-Derived Song and Dance in Indonesia',Yearbook for Traditional Music,Vol. 27, (1995), pp. 76–89
- Marwas - Musical instruments of Malaysia