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[[Image:Bajoran cabasa.jpg|thumb|A Bajoran cabasa.]]The '''Bajoran cabasa''' is a small percussive instrument that plays an important role during Bajoran births.
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[[File:Bajoran cabasa.jpg|thumb|A Bajoran cabasa]]
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The '''Bajoran cabasa''' was a small percussive [[musical instrument]] that played a role during [[Bajoran]] births.
   
For Bajoran women, it is important to be relaxed during birth, that is why her relatives play different intstruments in a repeating rhythm to achieve a relaxed atmosphere.
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For Bajoran women, it was important to be relaxed during birth, so the mother's relatives would play different instruments in a repeating rhythm to provide a relaxed atmosphere.
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During [[Kirayoshi O'Brien]]'s birth, the [[Bajoran]] woman [[Y'Pora]], who was tranied in childbirth, "played" a Bajoran cabasa. ([[DS9]]: "[[The Begotten]]")
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During [[Kirayoshi O'Brien]]'s birth in [[2373]], the Bajoran woman [[Y'Pora]], who was trained in childbirth, played a Bajoran cabasa. ({{DS9|The Begotten}})
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Revision as of 07:49, 19 June 2011

Bajoran cabasa

A Bajoran cabasa

The Bajoran cabasa was a small percussive musical instrument that played a role during Bajoran births.

For Bajoran women, it was important to be relaxed during birth, so the mother's relatives would play different instruments in a repeating rhythm to provide a relaxed atmosphere.

During Kirayoshi O'Brien's birth in 2373, the Bajoran woman Y'Pora, who was trained in childbirth, played a Bajoran cabasa. (DS9: "The Begotten")