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two drums that taught your fingers there are a thousand ways to say 'tak'
sister drumssmaller dayan tuned high, bass bayan played left
black eyetuning paste of iron filings sets the pitch
spoken firstlearned as syllables like dha, tin, na before hands touch
hand matha master juggles dozens of distinct finger strokes
young rootslikely emerged around 18th-century North India