Sambal (drum)

The sambal is a folk membranophone instrument from Western India.^[1] It consists of two wooden drums united from a side, with skin heads stretched on their top mouths. One drum is higher in pitch than the other one. This instrument is played with two wooden sticks, one beater having a circular tip. The sambal is also a traditional drum of the Gondhali people. The sambal is a folk drum found among the Kokna people of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Goa and North Karnataka in Western India.

Sambal is a traditional instrument used by the peoples who are Devotees of Devi and used in the gondhal (a ritual).

References

^ South Asia : The Indian Subcontinent. (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 5). Routledge; Har/Com edition (November 1999). ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1

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[1] South Asia : The Indian Subcontinent. (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 5). Routledge; Har/Com edition (November 1999). ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1

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v t e Indian musical instruments
Wind (Sushir)	Bansuri Harmonium Karnay Kombu Kuzhal Nadaswaram Nafir Pungi Shankha Shehnai Shruti box Sringa Tharai Venu
Plucked Stringed (Tat)	Dotara Ektara Gottuvadhyam Pena Rudra veena Santoor Saraswati veena Sarod Seni Rebab Sitar Surbahar Swarabat Swarmandal Tanpura Electronic tanpura Veena Vichitra veena Yazh
Bowed Stringed (Vitat)	Dilruba Esraj Sarangi Sarinda Taus Violin
Membranous Percussion (Avanaddh)	Anandalahari Chande Chenda Damaru Dhaak Duggi Dhol Dholak Dholki Edakka Kanjira Khamak Khol Madal Mardala Mizhav Mridangam Nagada Pakhawaj Parai Sambal Tabla Jori (instrument) Tavil Udukai
Non-Membranous Percussion (Ghan)	Chimta Ghatam Ghungroo Jal tarang Kartal Khanjani Khartal Manjira Morsing
Other	Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya Indian classical music Music of India Jivari
Historical/possibly extinct	Ālāpiṇī vīṇā Eka-tantri vina Kinnari vina Pinaka vina