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Description

 

A more natural version of the beaded shaker, this one uses fruit seeds instead of plastic ones. The sound is more subtle and not as loud as with plastic beads.
 
How it's Played

 

You can play this by simply shaking back and forth, by twisting into the palm of the other hand, or by hitting it into the palm of the other hand. Or of course a combination of all of these.
 
Traditionally

 

Rudraksha (also Rudraksh; Sanskrit: rudrākṣa ("Rudra tears")) is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree whose seed is traditionally used for prayer beads in Hinduism. Rudraksha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the name Rudra and akṣa ("eye"). The specific epithet ganitrus is possibly taken from ganitri (or ganetri), the name for this species in Sundanese and Malay. Rudraksha grows in the area from the Gangetic Plain in foothills of the Himalayas to South-East Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea to Australia, Guam, and Hawaii.Rudraksha beads (ganetri) are the material from which garlands (108 beads in number) are made. The term is used both for the berries themselves and as a term for the type of mālā made from them. In this sense, a rudraksha is a rosary, used for repetitive prayer (japa), a common aid to worship in Hinduism. Rudraksha is also used for treatment of various diseases in traditional Indian medicine.