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This day the wind blew from the south-west; and in the night there was a heavy shower of rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning. April 10. In the evening the tabala, or large drum, was beat to announce a wedding, which was held at one of the neighbouring tents. A great number of people of both sexes assembled, but without that mirth and hilarity which take place at a negro wedding.
On the first of these heads, I have now to add a list of their musical instruments, the principal of which are the koonting, a sort of guitar with three strings; the korro, a large harp, with eighteen strings; the simbing, a small harp with seven strings; the balafou, an instrument composed of twenty pieces of hard wood of different lengths, with the shells of gourds hung underneath, to increase the sound; the tangtang, a drum, open at the lower end; and, lastly, the tabala, a large drum, commonly used to spread an alarm through the country.
On the first of these heads I have now to add a list of their musical instruments, the principal of which are the koonting, a sort of guitar with three strings; the korro, a large harp with eighteen strings; the simbing, a small harp with seven strings; the balafou, an instrument composed of twenty pieces of hard wood of different lengths, with the shells of gourds hung underneath to increase the sound; the tangtang, a drum open at the lower end; and, lastly, the tabala, a large drum, commonly used to spread an alarm through the country.
The chief place of the Ghamed tribe is Mokhowa, a town not to be confounded with Mokha. El Roheyta, of the powerful tribe of Shomran. Adama, of the Shomran Arabs. Tabala, of the Shomran Arabs, who extend over both sides of the mountains in the W. and E. plain. El Hasba, market of the Shomran Arabs. El Asabely, a village of the Asabely tribe.
This day the wind blew from the south-west, and in the night there was a heavy shower of rain accompanied with thunder and lightning. April 10th. In the evening the Tabala, or large drum, was beat to announce a wedding, which was held at one of the neighbouring tents.
About the same time a moorish wedding was celebrated, the ceremony of which is thus described by Mr. Park. "In the evening the tabala or large drum was beaten to announce a wedding, which was held at one of the neighbouring tents.
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