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djembé

djembé is the alternative spelling of djembe.

Meaning of djembe

Noun

djembe (plural djembes)

  1. A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
    • There are three principal types of traditional drums in Guinean Sousou culture: the djembe, the dundun, and the tama. The djembe is a single-headed goblet-shaped drum with a relatively high-pitched tone.2007, Karin Gaynell Patterson, Expressions of Africa in Los Angeles Public Performance, 1781—1994, page 133

Forms of djembé

pluraldjembés

Questions about djembé

What is djembé the alternative spelling of?
Djembé is the alternative spelling of djembe.

Words near djembé in the dictionary

  1. djellabah
  2. djellabahs
  3. djellabas
  4. djembe
  5. djembes
  6. djembé
  7. djembés
  8. djenkol
  9. djenkol bean
  10. djenkol beans
  11. djenkolic

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