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tam-tams
n. (tam-tam English)
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Tam-Tams
thumb|upright=2.0|Tam-Tams with Cartier monument in background. The Tam-Tams is the informal name of a weekly free festival around the George-Étienne Cartier Monument in Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Canada. Its name is onomatopoetic, referring to the drum circle that forms the focal point of the gathering.
Usage examples of "tam-tams".
He knew several French and English songs, and resolved to try them upon the Japanese, who must be lovers of music, since they were for ever pounding on their cymbals, tam-tams, and tambourines, and could not but appreciate European talent.
The musicians took up a position inside, and were vigorously performing on their gongs, tam-tams, flutes, bones, tambourines, and immense drums.