About the product:

→ Tibetan Cymbal - Tingsha - Ding-Sha's

🌍 Origin: Nepal - Tibet - Bhutan - China

📐 Dimensions/ ⚖️ Weight:

• Reference 19142 = 5.8 centimeters - +/- 202 grams
• Reference 19143 = 6.7 centimeters = +/- 241 grams
• Reference 19144 = 7.7 centimeters = +/- 346 grams

🧬 Materials: Copper + Bronze

📦 Packaging: Per pair

🎁 Ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

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🎶 An Asian percussion instrument often used by dancers including belly dancers.

They are small without any specific tone.

They are usually attached to the thumb and middle finger of one or both hands and struck together in a specific rhythm that usually accompanies other instruments.

These cymbals are an excellent instrument for developing a sense of rhythm, and/or improving it in children and adults. They are mainly used in sets of 2 at a time, one for each hand.

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📋 Fact sheet:

Property	Details

Name	Tingsha (ཏིང་ཤ་) – Tibetan cymbals

Nature

Buddhist ritual and musical object

Composition

Traditional alloy of metals (bronze, copper, brass, sometimes silver)

Appearance

Two small cymbals connected by a rope or leather strap

Origin / Use

Tibet, Nepal, India; used in Buddhism and shamanic rituals

Sound

Clear, crystalline and prolonged sound, considered to be purifying

Virtues / Symbolism

- Purification of negative energies 🔔 - Promotes meditation and concentration - Energy harmonization tool

Spiritual Use

- Opening/closing rituals - Support for meditation and yoga - Energy cleaning of places and stones

Purification

Not intended as a stone, but used to purify

Recharging

Not applicable (ritual object)

Value

Varies depending on age, alloy, size and ornamentation

Short story / Anecdote

Tingsha are often decorated with Buddhist symbols (8 auspicious signs). Their sound is said to represent the primordial vibration that connects the material and spiritual worlds.