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[[File:Statue of Kannagi.jpg|thumb|A statue of [[Kannagi]] holding a silambu.|alt=]]
The '''silambu''' ({{lang-ta|சிலம்பு}}, {{lang-ml|ചിലമ്പ്}}){{Needs IPA|date=August 2020}} is an [[anklet]] worn and used in a variety of contexts on the Indian subcontinent.

== Etymology ==
According to Jeyaraj, the word 'silambu' is derived from the verb 'silambal', meaning 'to make sound'.{{Sfn|Jeyaraj|1999|p=39}}

== Description ==
The silambu is a hollow anklet filled with beads that produce noise when the wearer moves or dances.{{Sfn|Sambamoorthy|1976|p=6}} It may be worn on the ankle or the leg. When worn on the leg, it is termed ''kālchilambu'' in Tamil.{{Sfn|Sambamoorthy|1976|p=23}}

Some varieties of silambu are made of copper and use iron balls to produce sound.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Banerji|first=Projesh|url=https://archive.org/details/FolkDanceOfIndia/page/n106/mode/1up|title=The Folk-Dance of India|date=1959|publisher=Kitabistan|location=Allahabad|pages=189–190}}</ref> Others are made of silver.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marcuse|first=Sibyl|title=Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary|date=1975|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company|Norton]]|location=New York|page=476|chapter=Silambu|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/musicalinstrumen00marcu/page/476/mode/1up}}</ref>

== In dance ==
[[Nautch]] performers wore silambu.{{Sfn|Sambamoorthy|1976|p=6}}

[[Kandyan dance|Kandyan]] dancers may wear silambu.<ref name=":0" />

In Tamil Nadu, a traditional dance called [[Dance forms of Tamil Nadu#Kai Silambu Attam|kai silambu aatam]] is performed in temples during Amman festivals in which the dancers wear or hold silambus in their hands, which make noise when shaken.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

== In literature ==
The epic ''[[Silappatikaram]]'' is structured around the character Kannaki's attempt to sell her silambu, and takes its title from the name of the anklet.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chakravarti|first=A.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.49665/page/n69/mode/1up|title=Jaina Literature in Tamil|publisher=Bhāratīya Jñāpītha|location=New Delhi|pages=51|date=1944}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201802/page/n19/mode/1up|title=The Śilappadikāram|date=1939|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|pages=1|translator-last=Dikshitar|translator-first=V. R. Ramachandra}}</ref>

== In festivals ==
Silambu are sometimes placed on cows' legs during the [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] festival.{{Sfn|Sambamoorthy|1976|p=24}}

== In religion ==
[[Shiva]] in the dancing pose [[nataraja]] sometimes wears a silambu on his ankle.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Silambu may be used in [[Theyyam]] worship.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Silambu Anklets.jpg|Anklets, Tamil Nadu
</gallery>

==See also==

*[[Jewellery of Tamil Nadu]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==

* {{cite journal|last=Jeyaraj|first=V.|date=1999|title=Analysis of a Bronze Anklet from Kerala|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.102/page/n50/mode/1up|journal=Museum's Journal|publisher=[[Government Museum, Chennai]]}}
* {{cite book|last=Sambamoorthy|first=P.|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.82|title=Catalogue of Musical Instruments Exhibited in the Government Museum, Chennai|date=1976|publisher=Principal Commissioner of Museums, [[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum]]|location=Chennai}}

[[Category:Types of jewellery]]
[[Category:Tamil culture]]
[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]

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