Txalaparta

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The txalaparta (IPA: [t a lapa ta] or [t ala'pa ta]) is a specialized Basque music device of wood or stone, similar to Romanian toac . In Basque, zalaparta (with /s/) means "racket", while in the nearby areas of Navarre "txalaparta" has been attested as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense closely related to the sound of the instrument. Originally, the txalaparta was a communication device used for funeral (hileta), celebration (jai) or the making of slaked lime (kare), or cider (sagardo). After the making of cider, the same board that pressed the apples was beaten to summon the neighbours. Then, a celebration was held and txalaparta played cheerfully, while cider was consumed; evidence gathered in this cider making context reveals that sound emitting ox horns were sometimes blown alongside txalaparta.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The txalaparta (IPA: [t a'lapa ta] or [t ala'pa ta]) is a specialized Basque music device of wood or stone, similar to Romanian toaca. In Basque, zalaparta (with /s/) means "racket", while in the nearby areas of Navarre "txalaparta" has been attested as meaning the trot of the horse, a sense closely related to the sound of the instrument. Originally, the txalaparta was a communication device used for funeral (hileta), celebration (jai) or the making of slaked lime (kare), or cider (sagardo). After the making of cider, the same board that pressed the apples was beaten to summon the neighbours. Then, a celebration was held and txalaparta played cheerfully, while cider was consumed; evidence gathered in this cider making context reveals that sound emitting ox horns were sometimes blown alongside txalaparta.