0 a piece of metal that hangs inside a bell and makes the bell ring when it hits the sides --
1 a piece of metal hanging inside a bell which makes the bell ring by hitting its sides --
I am told that the entourage may include all kinds of people down to the clapper-boy and the rat-catcher and the cocktail-mixer.
What we are not quite sure of is of what kind of metal the clapper is made!
Another popular folk art is the "quyi", which consists of various kinds of storytelling and comic monologues and dialogues, often to the accompaniment of clappers, drums, or stringed instruments.
In the process of reconstruction, all the bells received new clappers and massive yokes.
The bells were suspended from a steel frame, and the bell clappers were attached to a hand-ringing console.
The bells are not tied and are played feeding the clappers by the hands.
The rhythmic play of the clappers is thought to attract the lebang out of their hiding places allowing the women to catch them.
The dancers depict how bamboo clappers are used to catch them.
