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- For the album by Toto, see Tambu. For the island in The Lost Islands, see The Lost Islands.
Tambu (also tambú) is a drum, music genre and dance form, found on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and is a major part of the Dutch Antillean music. On Bonaire, it is also known as bari. Curaçaoan tambu is a major part of that island's culture, and is there a genre that is considered muziek di zumbi (literally, spirit music, referring to music of African origin), and is accompanied by instruments like the wiri, agan and triangle.
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- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, pp. 927-931
- New Grove Encyclopedia of Music, pp 775-777
