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bàtá
Yoruba · traditional
"a sacred double-headed drum"
named the hourglass-shaped, double-headed drum used in worship of Sàngó and other orisha
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Stage 2 of 3
batá
Spanish · 1800s
"a sacred Santería ritual drum"
carried to Cuba by enslaved Yoruba people and kept as a central instrument of Santería ritual
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bata
English · 1900s
"a Yoruba-derived sacred drum"
entered English through ethnomusicology and writing on Santería and Afro-Cuban music
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