If you long for the peaceful sound of falling rain you can create it yourself by making your own rainstick.
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.
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.
It is believed that rainsticks originated from south america and were invented to help encourage rainy.
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.
Regardless of their beginnings or ceremonial purpose many people still make rain sticks in the traditional manner.
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.
These cylindrical instruments mimic the sound of rain when turned from side to side.
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 unique sound produced by turning the stick from end to end is mesmerizing to children and adults alike and is still used in traditional rain ceremonies throughout south america today.