Deacons sing and accompany the song with drums and a sistrum as part of the mass. |
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The carved head that is on the handle of the sistrum, is Hathor, the goddess of music. |
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Drums, sometimes very large, were important in Mesopotamian ritual, while the characteristic instrument of Egyptian ceremony was the sistrum or rattle. |
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Two students composed a synthesized soundtrack that combined world beat rhythms with the beat of the sacred sistrum on every thrust of the harpoon. |
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Each has a Hathor-headed capital showing the goddess with a human head and bovine ears and a sistrum on her head. |
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Based on the ancient sistrum rattle, the Y-rattle is common throughout parts of Africa. |
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The sistrum was used in the cult of the goddess Hathor and later, as Hathor merged with the maternal and life-giving goddess Isis, use of the sistrum spread with the cult of Isis throughout the Roman Empire. |
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A young worshipper offered his sistrum to me to try later on in the Mass and it is much harder than it looks. |
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And the fun doesn't end after the racing with live music from Sistrum in the Horseshoe Bar after the last race. |
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The activities range from making a mummified beast of the Nile to being creative with clay to making your very own Sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument. |
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