ceremonial drums
Formal occasion instruments
Ceremonial drums are drums used in religious rituals, cultural celebrations, or formal occasions rather than for entertainment or artistic performance.
Many indigenous traditions treat ceremonial drums as sacred objects with specific protocols for handling and playing: The ceremonial drums were brought out for the solstice gathering.
The phrase emphasizes the spiritual or communal significance of the instruments.
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- drumbeatRhythmic percussion sound
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- war danceRitualistic pre-combat performance
- sacredWorthy of reverence
sacred fire · tribe · rhythm · steady beat · dance · chanting · shaman · hide · mallet · heartbeat · ancestral · bonfire · thunder · pulse · beating heart · gathering · indigenous · prayer
- drumsbongo, tambourine, snare, djembe, conga
- Indigenous Craftstotem poles, quillwork, dreamcatchers, moccasins, birch bark
- native spiritualitymedicine man, native rituals, vision quest, sweat lodge, medicine men
- Pacific craftstiki, lei, fishhook, fish hook, war club
- percussion historykettledrums
- Sri Lankan musictraditional songs, Buddhist chants, devotional songs
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