Khartal

This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together.

It falls under the class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator.

It consists of a pair of thin, hard wooden pieces similar to the percussion bones (instrument).

In Bangladesh and West Bengal, kartals (Bengali: খরতাল) are commonly used in religious song like Kirtans and Bhajans.

It is most notably employed in a folk theatre form that derives its name from the instrument itself, dāsåkāṭhiā (Odia: ଦାସକାଠିଆ).

The Bhojpuri Folk genre Biraha uses a version of Kartal which consists of two pair of tapered metal rods, each approximately nine inches in length.

[1] In Telugu language, the word Karatāḷa Dhvani is most commonly used for sound produced from clapping hands.