The taraban is struck with the hand or a stick.

In comparison to the bubon, the taraban usually has two sides with a stretched skin and no cymbals.

The kisser is Bobbie, a man played by a man (Orion Taraban).

Chantecler (Orion Taraban) presides over a bustling barnyard whose citizens are conjured with a mixture of puppets and humans in costumes (Suzanne Chesney is costume designer, Brian Matthews is puppet master) that must have been great fun to create.