Tsikaretika

Tsikaretika *percussion beam of the Diégo-Suarez region of the Malagasy Republic. A bamboo plank several meters long is either laid on the ground or suspended horizontally about 1 m. above it. Several persons beat it simultaneously, each with 2 sticks. It accompanies dances and is played at funeral wakes. Cf. farai, karatsaka, kimbolo, peripetika, ralobe, tsipetrika, volo (171). Sachs, Curt. Les instruments de musique de Madagascar. Paris, 1938.