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Encyclopedia > Dhantal

The dhantal is a long steel rod which was adapted from the prong used to connect the yokes of the bullocks that transported the cane-filled carts on the estates in Trinidad and Tobago. The metal horse shoe used on the estate's horses and mules was used to strike the dhantal. In this way the dhantal became a new instrument for providing rhythm.


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Chutney music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (417 words)
Chutney is an uptempo song, accompanied by dholak, harmonium and dhantal, played in rhythms imported from filmi, calypso or soca.
In this year, a young man out of Barrackpore, Trinidad by the name of Sundar Popo leapt to fame with the song "Nana and Nani." The song, almost comical in nature described the affairs of a grandfather and grandmother, perhaps his own.
Sung in Hindi and Trinidadian creole, and backed up with the music of the dholak and dhantal as well as that of the more western Guitar and synthesizer, the song instantly became a #1 hit in Guyana and Trinidad (Popo, 1972).
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