page_title: Tambu (music)
section_title: Deklarashon Introduktorio
hierarchical_section_title: Tambu (music) / Music Structure / Deklarashon Introduktorio
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 室內人們拍動的雙手。
context_page_description: Tambu is a drum, music genre and dance form, found on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and is a major part of the Dutch Antillean music. On Bonaire, it is also known as bari. Curaçaoan tambu is a major part of that island's culture, and is there a genre that is considered muziek di zumbi, and is accompanied by instruments like the wiri, agan and triangle. The word tambu derives from the Spanish word for drum, tambor.
  The origins of Tambú can be traced back to the early 17th century, where a large number of African slaves arrived in Curaçao from Angola. The ritual was first associated with the Curaçao style of stick fighting called kokomakaku, where the Tambú referred to the rhythms played by the drummer on a single drum. Since then, the performance has changed in congruence with the historical circumstances of the Curaçao island.
  Tambu can refer to the small drum on which the music is played, the dance that accompanies the music, or the event where the music and dance take place. In modern tambu, the lyrics are usually in the Papiamento language and are sung along with a chapi, the tambu drum and sometimes other singers, while the audience claps to the rhythm.
context_section_description: The prequel of a Tambú performance is known as the deklarashon introduktorio. This is an announcement of sought, where the pregon (lead singer), declares that a Tambú performance is about to begin and gathers the audience around. It is here where the tonal centre of the song is established, and a feeling of the basic melodic and rhythmic elements can be listened to by the audience and the musicians in preparation for the performance. The pregon will also announce the title or basic outline of the Tambú performance to the audience. Once this concludes, the Tambú performance begins. Tambú has maintained the basic binary structure of the performance that follows since its origins and consists of two sections: the habri (“open”) and será (“closed”).
caption: Clapping is an important rhythmic element in Tambu
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