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batá

Afro-Cuban ritual drum
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batá

Summary

batá is a type of musical instrument[1]. batá draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #168 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • batá's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • batá is a type of hourglass drum[4].
  • batá's country of origin is recorded as Cuba[5].
  • batá's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Batá drummers[6].
  • batá's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 211.242.12[7].

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Definition and Type

batá's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. batá is a type of hourglass drum[4].

Why It Matters

batá draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #168 of 399).[2] batá has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] batá is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Cuba

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537239405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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