04049753-n 'a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends';
 
English rain stick
Definitions
English
a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends
makes the sound of falling rain when tilted
origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain
Japanese
くり抜かれて、小さな小石で満たされて、両端でおおわれる乾燥サボテンの枝から製造される打楽器
傾けられると、雨の降る音を出す
起源は、部族民が雨をもたらすために式典に使用したチリにあった
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Hypernym: percussion_instrument
Semantic Field: artifactn
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SUMO: ⊂ PercussionInstrument

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Langs:

Seen Lemmas: pelihara; snore;
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