Santal Music
The Santal people love music and dance. Like other ethnic groups of the Indian subcontinent, their culture has been influenced by mainstream Indian culture and by Western culture, but traditional music and dance still remain. Santal music differs from Hindustani classical music in significant ways. Onkar Prasad has done the most recent work on the music of the Santal but others preceded his work, notably W. G. Archer who collected and analyzed hundreds of Santal songs in the mid-twentieth century. The Santal traditionally accompany many of their dances with two drums: the Tamak' and the Tumdak'. The flute was considered the most important Santal traditional instrument and still evokes feelings of nostalgia for many Santal. Instruments {{refimprove, date=May 2016 Traditionally the Santal used a variety of musical instruments, but the following are now the most prominent ones in use. ;Membranophones The Santal have two primary membranophones: the Tamak' and the Tumdak'. These i ...
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Tamay ( fa, تماي, also Romanized as Tamāy; also known as Tamāk) is a village in Ansar Rural District, in the Central District (Takab County), Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 580, in 112 families. References

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