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bullroarer
Wiktionary
n. An ancient ritual musical instrument and means of communicate over extended distances, consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise.
Wikipedia
The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over greatly extended distances. It dates to the Paleolithic period, being found in Ukraine dating from 17,000 BC. Anthropologist Michael Boyd, a Bullroarer expert, documents a number found in Europe, Asia, the Indian sub-continent, Africa, the Americas, and Australia.
In ancient Greece it was a sacred instrument used in the Dionysian Mysteries and is still used in rituals worldwide.
Along with the didgeridoo, it was a prominent musical technology among the Australian Aborigines, used in ceremonies across the continent.
A bullroarer is a ritual sound instrument and an ancient communication device used for communicating over greatly extended distances. Bullroarer may also refer to:
- "Bullroarer", a song on Midnight Oil's 1987 album Diesel and Dust
- Bandobras Took, called "Bullroarer", a hobbit from J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
Usage examples of "bullroarer".
But out we go to battle, our witch doctors out in front rattlin their gourds and whirlin their bullroarers and prayin.
The deep, haunting resonance of the bullroarer raised gooseflesh as much for its significance as for its sonorous timbre.
As the bullroarer symbolized and imitated the roar of the cave bear in physical form, the flute was the sound of the spiritual voice of Ursus.
The crowd, smelling of tension and excitement, the unaccustomed sounds of wooden drums, bullroarer, and flute, all combined to make the animal nervous.
Hands hammered on drums, mouths blew shell trumpets, bullroarers whirled.
I let him drag-waltz me, step-step, step-step, frogs and cicadas chorusing like bullroarers and pennywhistles.
It struck me that there ought to be a party hat, a magnum of champagne (a domestic variety would do nicely), and a bullroarer in my survival kit.