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  1. tambora
    Two-headed goat skin drum, held across the player's lap, that provides characteristic heart-throb merengue beat. One head is played with a stick and the other is played with the hand.
    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/glossary/

  2. Tambora
    [Dominican drum] The Dominican tambora (from the Spanish word tambor, meaning "drum") is a two headed drum played in merengue music. In many countries, especially the Dominican republic, tamboras were made from salvaged rum barrels . Performers on the tambora are referred to as tamboreros. =...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora_(Dominican_drum)

  3. Tambora
    Tambora (täm'buru) , active volcano, N Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat prov., Indonesia, rising to 9,255 ft (2,821 m). The volcano's 1815 eruption was Indonesia's biggest and one of the world's most destructive in historical times, killing an estimated 50,000–90,000 people, destroying th...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0909806.html

  4. Tambora
    [civilization] Picture of entrance to Kensington Court Gardens ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora_(civilization)

  5. Tambora
    [Mexican drum] A tambora is a percussion instrument, resembling a bass drum in Mexican brass bands, mainly in Banda sinaloense and Tamborazo Zacatecano. It is a double headed membranophone with a diameter of 20 - 26 inches, a fixed cymbal on the frame that is struck with another cymbal and a...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora_(Mexican_drum)

  6. Tambora
    [Venezuelan drum] In Gaita Zuliana music, from Venezuela, in South America, the tambora is a one-headed drum played with sticks. The player can sit on it or put it between his or her legs to perform rhythms on the instrument, sticking on the head, on the rim or on the body of the drum. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora_(Venezuelan_drum)

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