Origins of 5 Popular Hand Drums

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[@darbukaflores]

Nice video!!! People tend to confuse not only the Origin but the names also!

[@jyotisat]

Nice information, Thanks

[@yvonnewilliams9415]

No, the Cajon actually originated in West Africa and its name is Siko (Sikko) drum. When African slaves were brought to Peru, they were not allowed to have their original drums and were also not allowed to create the original form from animal skins so they used the boxes and crates from the shipping ports to create the box drums which later became called Cajon, which translates to box.

[@ericolson6135]

Thank you for this! A lot of folks I run into ask these kinds of questions and I am happy to know I am correct in my history. LOL! What about the Ashiko drum? Any information on where it's origins are from?

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Ashiko drums were popularized in non-traditional drumming groups (drum circles, etc.) mainly in the US. I'm not sure that they have a cultural or geographical origin outside of being an easy drum to build and popular with casual drummers. There are various cones-shaped drums from around the world, but they have different names, depending on the region/culture.

[@sukhvindersinghnagi9752]

Thank U Sir

[@dionysiapanagou6035]

I think I have fallen in love with djembe 😍 since the previous video.

[@michaelhicks5150]

I wasn’t really clear after watching where the darbukah is from. Middle-East?

[@michaelhicks5150]

I watched again. I saw you said Turkey/Iran.

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Also North Africa (Egypt). I think you could say “Mesopotamia” in general.

[@akrzton1]

@@WORLDDRUMCLUBPlums originate from Cuba and Puerto Rico.

[@christopherrogers9664]

Thanks! In Jamaican traditional music there is an instrument like a cajon. It is a huge resonance box (I saw some in St. Thomas that were too big to sit on) with a large mbira/kalimba type set of metal keys. The box is struck with the hand like a cajon, but the keys are flicked as well. I do not know the name of the instrument, but I enjoy the sound. One is visible in the picture in this youtube video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emPLYoFpg95okMU Any idea if this instrument evolved from cajon or mbira or both? Happy days!

[@christopherrogers9664]

Here is a video where you can see one played: kzbin.info/www/bejne/garFg6CoZcqlsLs

[@mat6114]

Well, I think the idea of using some kind of box or crate as a makeshift drum (especially when you're forbidden to have the real thing, and especially when you're working at a place where there's tons of those crates around anyways, like the docks of Havana and/or Matanzas) is a simple enough thought that I assume the Peruvian Cajon and the Cuban Cajon (de Rumba) might easily be parallel inventions. Also looking at the very different way the two are played, I don't think it likely that the Peruvian Cajon had a significant influence on the development of the Cuban one. Maybe the idea of adding snares was taken from Peru - would be interesting to know how commonly and since when Cuban Rumba Cajons have snares. All this is only my personal speculation, of course.

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Good points. I think the snares were added by the Spanish, but I don’t know for sure. Maybe someone will comment who knows more.

[@zarcero21]

Cajón. Peru and Ecuador, then to Spain, then back to Cuba. There is a lot of what we call “Ida y Vuelta” in the Spanish music world.

[@caio6780]

sorry but ecuador has nothing to do with the cajon it was an africana peruvian invention.

[@zarcero21]

@@caio6780 That is simply incorrect. Africa has nothing to do with it. It is an Andean instrument. Africans aren't the only ones who do percussion. It is only politically correct to believe so.

[@caio6780]

@zarcero21 Andean Really ? . Don't embarrassed yourself talking about something you have no clue.

[@christianityistrue777]

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