While in India, my daughter searched unsuccessfully for a "meditation bowl" as she called it.

Apparently, they are bowls that you fill with water and then a sound is created when you rub the edges.

Does anyone know where I could find one of these?

Lucy

lucy...any good piece of crystal will do this...

As a children, my siblings and I disturbed many nice meals doing "music" on the glasses, but I don't think this is quite what my daughter has in mind!

I think the bowls are out of some sort of metal? Didn't get it really clear, but I'd love to be able to surprise her with one on her next birthday- Many months from now- so I don't want to ask for details.

how about asking durjay what they are and where you can get them??

I saw them on E-Bay
This is a metal bowl which when rubbed by an included wooden stick produces a musical tone. I believe they are produced in Nepa; and Tibet

They are made of brass or bronze and come from a number of countries in Asia. I was recently looking at some (here in Seattle) that came from Burma. They often do come with a small wooden strike (shaped like a hammer).

Nepalese singing bowls.
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We bought one of these bowls in Kathmandu for about 8 dollars ( but the airfare was slightly more !). Ours is a copper colour with a darker background and is beautifully etched, mainly on the outside, although it has a pattern in the middle on the inside.

You do not fill the Nepalese versions of these bowls with water. Instead, you hit the bowl with the wooden stick provided and then continuously run the stick around the rim. The sound gets louder and louder as it melodiously resonates.

Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm !

Gill.

I have just looked on ebay and there are many, many bowls for sale. Some have high shipping costs and insurance. I don't know where you live, but I have seen relatively inexpensive ones on ebay that can be posted from the USA or the UK.

I also found a website where you can watch them being made.

http://www.thesingingbowls.com/makin...movieclips.asp

Wonderful thing -- the Internet !

Best wishes,

Gill.

Thanks everyone. I actually overheard my daughter describing them to a friend and now I've found a supplier.

They are actually brass bowls with 2 handles that stick up on the rim. You fill the bowl with water, then rub the handles. This creates a low humming sound, then the sound waves make the water start bubbling up like a fountain. Very cool! Of course she saw one in Sikhim for $50 dollars, the one online is $160! Ouch..