dubki

plural dubkis

1. entertainmentA type of drum from Eastern India and Bangladesh.

   As Paban sings, he twangs a khomok hand drum or thunders away at the dubki, a sort of rustic tambourine.

   2009 September 11, William Dalrymple, “Singing and dancing with the Bauls of Bengal”, in Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2009

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   The Lal Bazar area is still of some significance, for Kolkata is known for its excellent musical instrument production, especially its sitars, sarods, surbahars, tanpuras, violins, tablas, and harmoniums, as well as many so-called folk-music instruments, among them: thumbas, bongos, dotara, djembe, drums, violin, flute, khanjira, mandolin, banjo, khamak, matka, handi, guitar, castanets, tambourine, kanshar ghanta, conch, resso, blues harp, pan flute, spring drum, steel drum, melodica, harmonium, piano, moorcing, ektara, recorders, balalaika, dugdugi, dubki, edakkaii, cowbells, chimes, dholak, khol, madol—and more.

   2018, Lars-Christian Koch, “String Instruments as Urban Icons and Rural Products”, in Sebastian Klotz, Philip V. Bohlman, Lars-Christian Koch, editors, Sounding Cities. Auditory Transformations in Berlin, Chicago, and Kolkata (KlangKulturStudien. SoundCultureStudies; 9), Zürich: LIT, →ISBN, page 190