batá

Bata, Bata, Bata, Batá or BATA may refer to:

• Bata Shoes, a multinational corporation
• Bata Shoe Museum, a museum of the history of footwear in Toronto
• Bay Area Toll Authority, the bridge toll administrator of the San Francisco Bay Area

Báta is a village in Tolna County, Hungary.

A Batá drum is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi-religious purposes for the native culture from the land of Yoruba, located in Nigeria, as well as by worshippers of Santería in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in the United States. The Batá drum's popular functions are entertainment and to convey messages. Its early function was as a drum of different gods, drum of royalty, drum of ancestors and drum of politicians. Batá drum impacted on all spheres of life.