page_title: Mirwas
hierarchical_section_title: Mirwas
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Slaginstrument. Dubbelvellige cilindrische trom Unknown language: Marwas
context_page_description: The mirwās or marwas, plural marāwīs is a small double-sided hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in sawt and fijiri music. It is also common in Kuwait and Yemen.
  Hadhrami migrants from Yemen took the instrument to Muslim Southeast Asia, where it is used in zapin and gambus musical genres. A similar drum of this area is the kendang.
context_section_description: The mirwās or marwas (Arabic: مرواس‎), plural marāwīs (Arabic: مراويس‎) is a small double-sided hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in sawt and fijiri music. It is also common in Kuwait and Yemen.
  Hadhrami migrants from Yemen took the instrument to Muslim Southeast Asia (especially Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei), where it is used in zapin and gambus musical genres. A similar drum of this area is the kendang.
caption: Mirwas drum
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