Rapach

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Rapach
HS#:112.24

Classification Idiophone Related instruments Rattle Gragger Derkach

The Rapach (Ukrainian: Рапач)

The rapach is a larger version of the derkach. Rapachs are used by churches in the Priashiv region of Slovakia by ethnic Ukrainians instead of bells during Easter.

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• Humeniuk, A. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty - Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1967
• Mizynec, V. - Ukrainian Folk Instruments - Melbourne: Bayda books, 1984
• Cherkasky, L. - Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumenty // Tekhnika, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2003 - 262 pages. ISBN 966-575-111-5