Celestial Rainstick

Celestial Rainstick is created out love for the soothing, comforting sounds of the gentile rains.

This Celestial Rainstick is a combination of a sun and moon depiction with a star scape in the background. The overall finish is quite dark to make the golden sun and silver moon and stars really pop and come alive.

At the top and bottom are natural embedded stones for added enhancements with ornate carved banding that wraps three quarters around the shaft with a rainbow colored elastic wrap below and above the wooden bandings. All of the carvngs and enhancements are three dimensional for added depth and beauty.

It measures approximately 20 inches in length, by 2.25 inches in diameter.

Rainsticks are musical and ceremonial instruments used in ancient times. They were named after the soothing rain-like sound that these instruments produce. Traditionally, rainsticks have been used in ceremonies to invoke and honor the 'rain spirits'. According to South American legend, rainsticks are played to serenade the gods as a reminder that rain is welcomed.

Rainsticks are created of totally natural resources such as cactus limbs, bamboo stalks, or other hallowed woods, needles, and beans, rice, seeds or pebbles. This instrument generates a totally unique sound of its own and cannot be replicated by any other instrument.

If you love to hear the rains fall to the ground during a long soothing rain storm, this is the best instrument for you. It sounds as if the rain is falling to the earth while simply tilting the Rainstick from one end to the other. When it is tilted, it creates a sound unique only to this particular instrument, and cannot be found elsewhere, unless you are in an actual rainstorm.

The trick is to not let the sound be interrupted when all the beans, rice, seeds or pebbles have fallen to one end of the stick. This is done by rolling the stick at a speed that still allows the beans, rice, seeds or pebbles to make enough sound as it is turned opposite side up again.

The rainstick can be tilted 45 degrees allowing the beads to fall from one end to the other creating a sound effect like the sound of rainfall intensifying as the angle increases, it can be tapped to make a more controlled sound, or it can also be used to create percussive rhythms as a shaker. This instrument can accompany other instruments to create beautiful music, or used alone in ritual or ceremonies to represent the element of water as it makes the sound of the rain.

Celestial Rainsticks are thought to have been made for calling the rains, and is indigenous to Australia. It is really fun to play and a very lightweight instrument for such a strong and prominent sound.

Get your own personal Celestial Rainstick, and feel the spirit of the rain, element of water.

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