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Belgium:
rommelpot, played by folk singers, often as the sole accompaniment to their singing. •
Brazil:
cuíca, primarily used in
Rio de Janeiro-style
Carnival samba. A stick is attached to the centre of the membrane and protrudes into the inside of the sound box, which is an open-ended cylinder. The player reaches inside the sound box from the other end to rub the stick. •
Denmark:
rummelpot or
rumlepot. In some parts of Denmark, e.g.
Southern Jutland, traditionally groups of masked children go from house to house on
New Year's Eve singing songs to the rhythmic accompaniment of the rummelpot and receiving
æbleskiver, sweets or fruits in return. •
France:
tambour à friction, and local names (
brau,
bramadèra,
brama-topin,
petador,
pinhaton in the South).
Tambour à cordes is used for a string drum, not be confused with the
tambourin à cordes, a stringed instrument. •
Germany:
Brummtopf or
Rummelpott, in Berlin and old Prussia
Waldteufel. On
New Year's Eve there is a tradition in North Germany in which groups of masked children with homemade instruments, including the
Rummelpott, go from house to house singing special Rummelpott songs in
Low German, receiving sweets or fruits in return. Adults go out later that evening and typically receive shots of
schnapps. •
Hungary:
köcsögduda (jughorn or jugpipe), especially used in
zither orchestras.
Leather or
parchment is tightened over the top of a large
terracotta or wooden jug. A
reed or length of
horsehair is fastened to the cover and rubbed with a wet hand. •
Italy:
caccavella or
putipù; also known by many other names. The body may be an earthenware pot, a wooden tub or a tin can, with a length of
bamboo pierced through an animal skin membrane and rubbed. •
Malta:
ir-rabbaba or
iz-zafzafa. The instrument consists of a tin, wood or clay body with a stretched membrane of cat, goat or rabbit skin which has a stick tied in the centre. The stick is rubbed with a wet sponge. •
Netherlands:
foekepot or
rommelpot. The syllable “foek” is probably meant to be onomatopoeic. It is rubbed with a rosined stick. In some parts of the Netherlands, e.g. on the island of
IJsselmonde, it was tradition, until the 1950s, to go from house to house on New Year's Eve singing songs to the rhythmic accompaniment of the rommelpot. This tradition is still maintained in North Holland on the feast of
St. Martin. In
Brabant rommelpot can also refer to the dance which is accompanied by the instrument. •
Poland:
burczybas. •
Portugal:
sarronca. •
Romania:
buhai (similar to the Ukrainian
buhay), made of a wooden tub or bucket open at both ends with an animal skin tightened over the top and pierced in the middle for a horsehair "ox tail". This is rubbed with a wet hand. It is traditionally used in the New Year's ritual
plugușorul ("the little plough"), where it reproduces the sound of oxen mooing when pulling the plough. • Russia: gusachyok or gusyok (Russian:
Гусачок or гусёк). The top of a clay pot is covered with skin of bull. It is rubbed with a rosined stick. •
Slovenia:
lončeni bas (pottery bass), also called
gudalo or
vugaš. The instrument is a clay pot, generally between 20 and 40 cm tall, covered with skin or parchment and with a resin-coated hardwood stick of similar length tied in the center. •
Spain:
zambomba. This friction drum can be made from a variety of materials and rubbed either with a rod or with rope. It is particularly associated with
Christmas, when it used to accompany the singing of
carols. •
Ukraine:
buhay () (also known as
bugai,
buhai,
berebenytsia,
bika,
buga,
bochka). This instrument was traditionally used as part of New Year's and Christmas rituals. It is included in Ukrainian folk orchestras. •
Venezuela: The
furro is used in
aguinaldos,
parrandas and Zulian traditional music such as
gaita, these can also be known as
furruco, and
mandullo. •
Colombia:
zambumbia. •
Mexico:
arcusa,
bote del diablo or
tigrera. •
Cuba:
ékue. == See also ==