The dhantal (also called the dhandataal) is of Indian origin, but most commonly found in the Caribbean. The instrument was invented in the Caribbean by indentured laborers from India. The instrument's name literally means "stick percussion" from danda, "stick," and taal, the act of striking rhythmically. [3]

The dhantal is a percussion instrument that is used in Trinidadian and Tobagonian music, particularly in the Hindu religious tradition. It is a type of cymbal made of brass or copper and is played with a stick, with one hand holding the istrument and the other playing it.

dhantal (plural dhantals) (music) A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Indo-Caribbean origin, consisting of a steel rod that is struck by a horseshoe shaped beater, sounding similar to a triangle.

In the Caribbean, esp. Trinidad: a percussion instrument consisting of a long steel rod which has a blunt or tapered tip and a looped end which rests on the ground or other surface, and which is …

The dhantal (dandtal) is a long steel rod based percussion instrument (sounding similar to the triangle), which was adapted from the iron "bows" which yoked the oxen that pulled the carts on the estates in Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, other parts of the Caribbean.

The dhantal is a long steel rod which was adapted from the axle used to connect the yokes of the bullocks that transported the cane - filled carts on the estates in Trinidad and Tobago.

2000年3月27日 · According to his research, this percussion instrument was invented here from a crowbar and a horseshoe. The dhantaal had its birth on the sugar cane fields sometime during indentureship (1845-1917) and thus predates the other instrument that eventually rose to …

The dhantal (dandtal) is a long steel rod based percussion instrument (sounding similar to the triangle), which was adapted from the iron "bows" that yoked the oxen that pulled the carts on the estates in Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

2000年9月1日 · The dhantal, which sounds like a beautiful bell, was invented in Trinidad and Tobago over 100 years ago. It originated from the rhythmic beat of a discarded horseshoe and crowbar or piece of straight steel about three feet long, common materials found on the sugar plantations where many Indians worked.

The dhantal’s irreverence is the sonic equivalent to the tazia’s flexible expressive repertoire (Mishra, 2008: 86) but it also unfreezes the moment captured by the tazia and then the photograph as its remnant.