Kansallem

'''Kansalem''' (Konkani: कांसाळें) is a Goan percussion instrument.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QYYjT8-0BIC|title=Goa: A Daughter's Story|last=Couto|first=Maria|date=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780143033431|pages=275|language=en}}</ref> It is a large copper, bronze or brass cymbal or gong.<ref>Borkar, Thali, Ghanekar. Rajhauns New Generation Konkani English Dictionary.</ref> It is an idiophone, that is, the entire instrument vibrates to produce sound. The instrument's name may have come from the word ''kans'', meaning 'bronze'.

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{{Traditional Goan musical instruments}}

Category:Traditional Goan musical instruments Category:Idiophones

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