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boula
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boulanoun
Any of various Caribbean drums.
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Boula
The word boula can refer to at least four different drums played in the Caribbean music area. The Guadeloupean boula is a hand drum, similar to the tambou bèlè, and is used in gwo ka and special occasions likes wakes, wrestling matches and Carnival celebrations. It is a hand drum that plays low-pitched sounds and is played single-handed and transversally. The boula of Carriacou is also a hand drum, now most often made of rum casks. It is also called the tambou dibas, and is used in the Big Drum tradition. The Haitian boula is a cowskin hand drum used in rada music. The boula of Trinidad and Tobago accompanies the stick-fighting dance called kalenda, and is a double-headed barrel drum, played open-handed.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOULA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boula is ranked #123796 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Boula surname appeared 139 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Boula.
89.2% or 124 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boula in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boula in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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