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URUMI
Type: AVANADDHA VADYA
Urumi is a percussion instrument made of Sengottai seeds and resin. This rare instrument is found in Tamil Nadu.
URUMI in Tamil Nadu
Material: Sengottai seed, Resin
The urumi is an example of an instrument where the drum head is stroked by a stick, slightly bent at the striking end. The curved end of the stick is coated with the milky juice of the seed called sengottai in Tamil. This is the marking nut- Semecarpus Anacardium. The resin is applied to the coated portion. The drum is used by the mendicants, who bring with them a decorated bullock and ask for alms.
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