- 1/ Hi #Bluesky what's up? It's #winter and it's cold!! Let's take a moment to learn something....cool A #musical instrument from #Ukraine! At the end of this 🧵 I'll link the article for more info I hope you enjoy
- 2/ There is an instrument that is as old as the Cossaks and it's called Tulumbas
- 3/ The tulumbas, or timpani, are cauldron-like drums that have been known in Europe since the 14th century. In Ukraine, they became an indispensable instrument for the Cossacks in the cultural and political life of siches (administrative and military centers of the Zaporozhian Cossacks).Jan 31, 2026 18:59
- 4/ Imagine a battlefield with the din of arms and voices that make it impossible to coordinate the troop. That is when the tulumbas prove useful as its sound covers up the noise and sets the pace of the offensive or gives the command to turn back.
- 5/ The Cossacks were often getting the tulumbas as war trophies, but they were also crafting them by stretching fine leather over cauldrons. The historians think that the biggest drums could be beaten by as many as eight musicians, dovbyshes, at one time.
