tassa

plural tassas

1. A large Indian drum, traditionally played at weddings.

   He was widely recognized as the finest tassa player in the area. Some may be skilled, but his was a gift.

   2006, Hemchand Gossai, River Crossings: Memories of a Journey, →ISBN

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   African men in the district also excelled on the tassa drums at the Indian weddings and hosay festivals, playing alongside their Indian fellow villagers.

   1999, Kenrick P. Thomas, Panriga: Tacarigua's Contribution to the Evolution of the Steelband Phenomenon in Trinidad and Tobago

   Together, the four tassa players produced an intoxicating rhythm that held the visitors almost entranced. A group of old Indian women in bright coloured saris were waiting for the tassa group to finish their performance so that they might start singing the traditional wedding songs.

   2013, King Liar, →ISBN, page 106