The Al-Ras
drum is a large drum used in the battle dance ''Ayyala'', a
folk dance of
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...
and
U.A.E. The Al-ras leads the dance and sets the beat for the smaller
Takhamir drums that follow. There are many different shapes and sizes of drums. The biggest is called R'as (head).
Drums
Arabic musical instruments
Qatari musical instruments
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