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A pair of tabla drums with white drumheads and vertical lacing, each resting on a round cushion, with a metal tabla hammer placed in front for tuning.

Ustad Zakir Hussain, wearing a yellow kurta, plays tabla on stage surrounded by microphones during a performance.

Indian tabla, consisting of two drums, baya (left) and daya, in the James Blades Collection.

A musician playing tabla.

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Topics

daya baya double-headed drum South Asian music kettledrum sitar veena sarod nagaswaram tambura sarangi gottuvadyam shehnai mridangam sarinda

Key People

Alla Rakha

Alla Rakha

Indian musician

Tribute to father

Zakir Hussain

Indian tabla player and composer

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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