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Reed three-hole flute

Traditional musical or stage instrument documented in Danza de los Voladores (Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico).

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Classification
Instrument
Origin / Scope
Mexico
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Reed three-hole flute is recorded in the Folkroom archive among the core instruments of Danza de los Voladores in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico.

Totonac ritual ceremony in which four flyers descend headfirst by ropes from a thirty-metre rotating pole while the caporal plays flute and drum atop the mast.

Used in traditions

1
Danza de los Voladores
Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico · Dance
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Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Danza de los Voladores — Primary Archival Dossier (Mexico)Representative List, 2009CC BY-SA 4.0
"Reed three-hole flute." Folkroom Archive (Instruments), https://folkroom.org/instruments/reed-three-hole-flute · CC BY-SA 4.0.