Semantron
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title:
Semantron
text:
The semantron is a percussion instrument used in Eastern, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monasteries to summon the monastics to prayer or at the start of a procession. It is also known as a semandron, semanteriom (σημαντήριον), simantra (σήμαντρα), xylon (ξύλον) and talanto (ταλαντο). In other languages, it is called as follows: Romanian: toacă; Russian: било, bilo; Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: клепало, klepalo; Arabic: ناقوس, nāqūs; Armenian: կոչնակ, kochnak or gochnag.
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description:
Percussion instrument used in monasteries
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantron
date created:
2007-12-16T16:59:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T05:14:23Z
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