çevgen (Ceremonial Ottoman jangle-staff)

~ Percussion instrument

Description

Originating in Central Asia, it gained symbolic value to the Turks who used it in Ottoman marching-bands. It is 2-2,5 m long, has a bronze crescent shape with bells and jangles attached.

Relationships

type of:shaken idiophone
picture:https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/cevgen/cevgen.png [info]
Wikidata:Q1414882 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/gakki/gakki_jiten_turkish_crescent.html [info]