Singing bowls
Bowls-singing. The singing bowls are simply singing bowls, lying mostly in the Himalayan regions (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh ...) and in northern India. They are used to make songs but also in various offerings ceremonies and ceremonies of prayer and meditation by monks and practitioners. They come from shamanic practices, and their origin in the skullcap used to call the spirits. These bowls are made of copper or bronze.
Tibetan tradition is an alloy of seven different metals is used, each metal relating to one of the seven chakras, which gives them, they say, therapeutic. According to other sources, the metals used refer to the seven bodies of the Solar System: silver (the Moon)
copper (Venus), tin (Jupiter), iron (Mars), Mercury (Mercury), gold (the Sun), lead (Saturn).
Traditional bowls were made from an alloy plate, and formed with a hammer.
Modern bowls found in China and India are more industrial, and turned the machine.
The use of a bowl is in several ways:
By striking with a mallet felt, wood or other materials, like a gong;
Slowly turning a mallet, wooden stick, sometimes covered with leather or rubber on the outer edge or inside of the bowl.
This movement creates a wave that vibrates the bowl emits harmonious sounds.