Elathalam: India musical instrument

Elathalam is a metallic musical instrument that is analogous to a miniature pair of cymbals. This musical instrument from Kerala in the so...

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Elathalam is a metallic musical instrument that is analogous to a miniature pair of cymbals. This musical instrument from Kerala in the southern part of India is totally produced of bronze and has two fragments in it.
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The musical instrument is played by keeping one part of the cymbals in the left hand banging the other instrument on the right hand of the player. Although this musical instrument is tiny by size, the instrument does not have more thickness than the common cymbal and as such gives a unique chime.
The elathalam is never a laid musical instrument but it is used in a number of ethnic Kerala percussion groups like Panchavadyam, Chenda melam and thayambaka apart from second singer on a Kathakali stage besides giving the beat in Kushal Pattu and Kombu Pattu.

The main popular players of the musical instrument of the modern days includes; Cheriyath Thanku Marar, Chelakkara Unnikrishnan, Maniyamparambil Mani, Kothachira Sekharan Nair, Chengamanad Paramu Nair, Pallavur Raghava Pisharody, Pookottur Sasidharan (Asiad Sasi), Guruvayur Velutty and Peruvanam Murali.
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