The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances. It...
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A bullroarer is a ritual sound instrument and an ancient communication device used for communicating over greatly extended distances. Bullroarer may also...
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with digging. The Sackville-Bagginses, acquisitive cousins to Bilbo. Bullroarer Took, a historical figure mentioned as the Old Took's great grand-uncle...
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Diesel and Dust (redirect from Bullroarer (song))
some critics felt they reinforced the "primitive" stereotype. Use of the bullroarer was criticised as belonging to sacred rituals, and therefore not appropriate...
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Prehistoric music (section Bullroarer)
Additionally, pierced phalanges (usually interpreted as "phalangeal whistles"), bullroarers, and rasps have also been discovered. The latter musical finds date back...
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birimbau bodhrán bombard bouzouki & Irish bouzouki brommtopp bukkehorn bullroarer cajón catá cavaquinho chajchas charango çifteli cimbalom çığırtma claves...
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Rincewind idly twirls the bullroarer, which soon begins to fly faster and farther than it should. Rincewind lets go and the bullroarer flies off; immediately...
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Indigenous music of Australia (section Bullroarer)
call seen in the opening credits of hit television series Skippy. The bullroarer (or bull roarer) is an instrument used in ceremonial ritual. It consists...
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would answer with a "darker" sound. Such instrument pairs also included bullroarers, slit drums, shell trumpets, and skin drums. Cultures who used these...
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5236 Axe of Perun Azusa Yumi Bonshō Brigid's cross Broom (Besom) Bulla Bullroarer Carnyx Celtic cross Cimaruta Cornicello Crepundia Corn dolly Corn husk...
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altered state caused by drug use), but an "invocation of spirit" with the bullroarer and communal dancing to drum and pipe. The trances are described in familiar...
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Progenitor Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Orò Justice, Bullroarers Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Oronsen Progenitor Yoruba...
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Bukkehorn aerophones 421.221.42 Norway, Sweden fipple flutes ocarina Bullroarer aerophones 41 Ancient civilizations noise makers sirens Calliope aerophones...
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cooked and ate them. His hunger sated, he lay down to sleep again and a bullroarer emerged from under his armpit. It took on human form and grew into a young...
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and machine noises, perhaps supplemented by gongs, percussive rhythms, bullroarers, distorted voices or anything else the artist might care to sample (often...
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a finger cymbal known as a Ching, as well as other effects such as a bullroarer throughout the album. On 17 May 1999, during the final recording and mixing...
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Progenitor Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Orò Justice, Bullroarers Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Oronsen Progenitor Yoruba...
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40-member string ensemble mimicking the sound of an archaic instrument called bullroarer. The score album was released by Back Lot Music on April 15, 2022, and...
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of the eastern Kimberley region and Arnhem Land (such as the Yolngu). Bullroarers and clapsticks were used across Australia. Songlines relate to the Dreamtime...
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which Mick, with the help of his Aboriginal friends he summoned with a bullroarer, reduces the opposition's numbers one by one, leaving the rest increasingly...
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on a large button and is a common and easily made toy. A buzzer (buzz, bullroarer, button-on-a-string) is an ancient mechanical device used for ceremonial...
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instruments which, when played, do not contain the vibrating air. The bullroarer is one example. These are called free aerophones. This class includes...
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percussion, which included a self-modified drum kit, assorted toys, a bullroarer, mbira, gongs, balloons, thunder sheet and chains. On stage, Muir also...
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Progenitor Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Orò Justice, Bullroarers Yoruba People Yoruba Religion Orisha Yorubaland Oronsen Progenitor Yoruba...
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: 2 thunderstorms, eclipses, eruptions, glaciers, and the sound of a bullroarer.: 14–17 If mana is a distinct power, it may be treated distinctly. Marett...
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with Hecate: "The Byzantine polymath Michael Psellus [...] speaks of a bullroarer, consisting of a golden sphere, decorated throughout with symbols and...
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Baseball superstition Beginner's luck Black cat Bread and butter Break a leg Bullroarer Chain letter Cramp-ring Curse Davy Jones' Locker Dead man's hand End-of-the-day...
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Baseball superstition Beginner's luck Black cat Bread and butter Break a leg Bullroarer Chain letter Cramp-ring Curse Davy Jones' Locker Dead man's hand End-of-the-day...
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Kate Bush – lead and backing vocals; piano; Fairlight CMI Paddy Bush – bullroarer; backing vocals Rolf Harris – didgeridoo Stuart Elliott – drums Percy...
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bellowing. Bawling is most common for cows after weaning of a calf. The bullroarer makes a sound similar to a bull's territorial call. "Cattle Terminology"...
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