#castanets
/aya yapgu ıgač/ ref. to 拍板 pāi bǎn "clapper, castanets," but acc. to Wilkens, /yapgu/ itself < 擫/擪 yè (≈ "press with fingers")
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
when the ost got spanish guitar and castanets..,,

oughhgggggggghhhggg
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I'm skinny, a classic ectomorph. I’ve got butt cheeks like castanets.
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I really struggled with damián’s but castanets are so small and rhythmic i think they’re perfect. They can be played loud or quiet, which i also think is important….

I put a lot of thought into his but then killian and bruno’s snapped into place. 😂
January 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I’ve heard beat boxing with a flute, and it’s so impressive—but also that’s hilarious 😆

(Imma have to look up castanets)
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Damián: castanets
Killian: flute, but beat boxing into it
Bruno: oboe
#DAOCBlabbing
Random #ocqotd for everyone/anyone (was listening to a song and just had a thought 🤣)

What would your OC's instrument/sound be? (not what they play, but what represents them best. Think 'Peter and the Wolf' if you've watched or listened to it and that makes any sense)
January 12, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The procession of gods on the broken horn are identified with painted inscriptions: Artemis, holding krotala (castanets ... odd); Apollo holding a kithara; Aphrodite, holding a tiny black swan; and Hermes, holding a caduceus. 🏺 #BritishMuseum 2/

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Red-figure rhyton in the form of a blonde Dionysos
Red-figure terracotta rhyton (drinking cup) supported in the lap of a blonde Dionysos. The scene on the bell of the drinking horn has been cut off by about a third - probably damaged in antiquity then...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Dionysos has gone California blonde! 🏄‍♂️ Part of a rhyton (drinking horn), he's shown seated and holding a keras (horn) with strangely headless gods. The rim must have broken and been shaved down in antiquity. The yellow hair probably mimics gilded statues of the god. 🏺 1/

Greek, 500-490 BCE. 📸 me
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I imagine he was singing something romantic, like "Oh this year I'm off to Sunny Spain, Y viva Espana" while playing styrofoam castanets and dancing flamenco on the bus.

100% accurate! Just like my videos!
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Thank you. It nevers gets old. Still trying to imagine the castanets 😂
January 8, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Which it appears to take from EDD entry (mainly north./Scot use) 'two flat pieces of wood or bone used to make a noise like castanets' (carvings look more like bongos). My problem is dating. First use so far is 1837. 'Nakers' obvs much older. (greensdictofslang.com/entry/em7yuoy)
knackers, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I see OED doesn't know about those, only about castanets
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Sorry to repeat, there are so many videos by multiple great artists out there, but I just love what the castanets bring to it. 💃🏼
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Medallion with Youth Playing Pipe for Dancing Woman with Castanets https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464204
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Meet Castens, the embodiment of the "Castanets" concept.
Castens delights in dance, feeling an instinctive need to play her role. Her movements release crisp clicks that punctuate the rhythm, at times cascading into a rapid, rattling flurry.
#castanets #animegirl #anime #AI #AIart
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
2 Samuel 6.5 (NRSV)
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Metamorphosis!

Mew mew lettuce! Castanets ~
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
New music... excuse me while I dig out my lilting cowbells and playful motor horn 🙄
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The ditch is where he left his pride and sense of self-respect (what little he may have had). He’s happy to simply be the circus monkey with castanets now.
a stuffed monkey with striped pants and a yellow vest
ALT: a stuffed monkey with striped pants and a yellow vest
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January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The Proverbs: If Marion Will Dance, Then She Has to Take the Consequences https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.102.12
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
UK: Inside every country is a struggle between good and evil that cannot be resolved.
[Dissolve to inside the UK's head; "Evil UK," dressed in a devil suit, is dancing and shaking two castanets over a grave marked "Good UK."]
UK: I am Evil UK! I am Evil UK!
January 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM