Darbuquah

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Percussion

Wood

Goblet drum, darbuka, tarabuka, zherbagali

These drums have been played in Mesopotamia and northern Africa for thousands of years!

An Egyptian-American composer, Halim El-Dabh, wrote a symphony for darbuquah and orchestra in the 1950s!