Triduum Clacker

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Wooden clackers are back! With the renewed interest in traditional liturgy making a comeback, so are wooden clackers for use during the Holy Triduum. Wooden clackers, whose official name is "crotalus" (meaning "rattle"), are used in place of altar bells in the Catholic church during Holy Triduum. The sweet rings of altar bells are not appropriate after the Gloria on Holy Thursday through the Gloria on Holy Saturday. Therefore rare instruments, like wooden clackers, are used to maintain an appropriate somber mood during processions on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Why wooden clackers you may ask? The Catholic Church did not specify what should be used in place of altar bells for the Holy Triduum. Therefore, an instrument that simply "made noise" and provided a somber tone was needed.