Mirwas
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Mirwas drum
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The mirwās or marwas (Arabic: مرواس), plural marāwīs (Arabic: مراويس) is a small double-sided hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in sawt and fijiri music. It is also common in Kuwait and Yemen.
Hadhrami migrants from Yemen took the instrument to Muslim Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), where it is used in Zapin and Gambus musical genres. A similar drum of this area is the Gendang.
See also[]
- Qanbus
- Zapin
References[]
- Double-skinned (double-headed) drums - Oman Centre for Traditional Music
- Traditional music in the Yemen - The British-Yemeni Society
- Charles Capwell, 'Contemporary Manifestations of Yemeni-Derived Song and Dance in Indonesia', Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 27, (1995), pp. 76–89
- Marwas - Musical instruments of Malaysia
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Categories:
- Hand drums
- Arabic musical instruments
- Kuwaiti music
- Omani musical instruments
- Yemeni musical instruments
- Bruneian musical instruments
- Indonesian musical instruments
- Malaysian musical instruments
- Bahraini musical instruments