Thavil

The tavil is a doubt celled barrel drum that is played in the South Indian folk music, religious processions, temple festivals and classical music of South India. Usually accompanies the double reed instrument Nadaswaram or the mukhavina, a smaller variant of this wind instrument.

Its body is covered on both sides with a bass skin and a highly tensioned skin. The bass skin beating with a stick, while the high side is played with hard Finkerkappen at breakneck speed.

Among the devotional melam ensembles that occur at temple fairs outdoors, including in Tamil Nadu next to Nadaswaram and tavil often the two-part cylindrical drum pambai and cymbals.

Outstanding virtuosos of classical music are Shotham Ramesh, V. Subramaniam and Palanivel. In Germany also Paramashivam Pillai made ​​from Madurai these loud -sounding drum known.