Definition of rebana
plural rebana
also rabana
: any of various diverse drums of Malaysia and Indonesia used especially in Muslim religious ceremonies
- In fact rebana is a general term for certain drums in Malaysia, many of which are frame drums …
- —Matt Dean, The Drum, 2012
- In 1724, Valentijn mentioned that four or more twelve-year-old girls danced and sang at Ternate to the accompaniment of a rabana, a round, not very thick drum, played with a small gong.
- —Virginia Matheson Hooker, Culture and Society in New Order Indonesia, 1993
