A rainstick is a long hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles or beans that has small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inside surface.
Traditional rain stick.
Pebbles or dried beans are then poured into.
The rainstick is believed to have been invented by the mapuches and was played in the belief it could bring about rainstorms.
Rain in the modern age.
When the stick is upended the pebbles fall to the other end of the tube making a sound reminiscent of rain falling.
The guajiro people of south america are known for shooting arrows at the clouds to pierce them and cause them to spill rain over their land.
These cylindrical instruments mimic the sound of rain when turned from side to side.
Regardless of their beginnings or ceremonial purpose many people still make rain sticks in the traditional manner.
The mellifluous sounds of the traditional rain stick were supposedly once thought to have the power to draw water from the clouds or just to make beautiful music.
It is believed that rainsticks originated from south america and were invented to help encourage rainy.
If you long for the peaceful sound of falling rain you can create it yourself by making your own rainstick.
To make a traditional rain stick from a cactus artisans remove the needles from the cactus reinsert them into the flesh and then dry the whole thing.