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Noun Concept
Categories: Hand percussion, Idiophone instrument stubs, South American percussion instruments, Individual friction vessels, Unpitched percussion
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rain stick  rainstick
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A percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain WordNet 3.0
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A percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A rainstick is a long, hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles, rice, dried beans, or other hard granular matter that has small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inside surface. Wikipedia
Percussion instrument consisting of a hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles or beans and small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inside surface Wikidata
A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended. Wiktionary
Rainstick. Wiktionary (translation)
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percussion instrument
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rain stick
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rainstick
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Rainstick，Rain Machine

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