Traditional Egypt Instrument
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Sistrum
Audio file of the Sistrum 
Audio file of the word "Sistrum"
Children Story
THE SISTRO
Author: Teresa Dello Monaco
“Do you hear the rustling of the bamboo canes?” says Khalid, a 9-year-old boy.
“But it’s not the bamboo canes… it’s my Sesheshe, my Sistrum. Look!” says Omar, also 9.
He approaches his friend, holding a strange instrument made with a vertical metal rod and three horizontal ones. He strikes it, making it resonate loudly. She, she, she, she…Then, whispering in Khalid’s ear, he says: “Do you want to know something fantastic? Listen… If a group of children each play their own sistrum, all together, the goddess Hathor appears, the goddess of joy, beauty, music, dance, love, sweet as a mother…”
“Then we must call all our friends, get the sistrums, and… we will do it!”
After a week, Omar and Khalid, with a group of children, gather in a palm grove, stand in a circle, and play the sistrums together.
The atmosphere fills with tinkling sounds, sounds reminiscent of golden light.
And then a wonderful melody fills the air, and no one knows where it comes from; it seems to come from all directions at once, and a scent of paradise flowers envelops the children.
They don't see Hathor, but the goddess looks at them and smiles.
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