Definitions of rain stick
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a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring raintype of:percussion instrument, percussive instrumenta musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
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