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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'o'lav
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Fri Aug 31 09:49:19 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:49:02 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmNn7BZEu=K_tZv0QgqWfYz+Y4AAvu2WY2bUye8c5mmGYw@mail.gmail.com>
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> >> Klingon word: 'o'lav
> >> Part of speech: noun
> >> Definition: type of drum
Voragh:
>> A {DIr 'In} usually has the skin stretched only over one end. A type
>> of drum with skin stretched over both ends is called a {'o'lav}.
De'vID:
> Are there any (famous) drummers with the name Olaf/Olaff/Olav?
> Especially one who plays a drum with skin on both ends?
I did a quick Google search for "St. Olaf drum" and discovered that St. Olaf College has a Taiko drumming group. I don't know how well known they are - did Okrand ever see a performance? - but these drums do have "skin stretched over both ends":
Their official web site:
http://www.stolaf.edu/orgs/taiko/
Here are a couple of many online videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taoF1TRrWhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eshtv4tPdRk
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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