The Djembe drum is a goblet-shaped drummed played with your bare hands. Originating in West Africa where the name djembe translates to “everyone gathers together in peace”.
Let the sounds of this special drum take you to a place of peace. Handcrafted by Balinese artisans from around the world.
Stands 7 1/2″ tall with the drum top measuring 4 1/2″
Drums and Other Percussion Instruments
It is probably impossible to separate drums from magic. Drums express the human heartbeat; they are used for a wide variety of magical purposes, including healing, banishing, protective rites, and spirit summoning. One type of drum or another is enjoyed by virtually every culture on Earth. The earliest visual depictions of spiritual rituals include drums. The Egyptian protective spirit Bes is almost never seen without his frame drum. Similarly, Kybele, perhaps the most ancient deity still familiar to us today, carries a frame drum. The use of percussion instruments is central to both Bes’s and
Kybele’s mythology. Interestingly, as opposed to the modern perception of percussion as masculine, drums, particularly frame drums and tambourines, were once identified strongly as women’s instruments and were a sacred tool in many women’s spiritual traditions.
Drumming remains central to African-derived rituals, as each orisha and lwa possesses their own rhythms and songs, which are used to summon and communicate with the spirits. Drums are also traditional shamanic tools, and tools of divination.
Percussion is easily incorporated into ritual. Many inexpensive instruments are available; they are also easily handcrafted.
I like to begin a meditation with a little drumming. It helps me relax and slip into a magical state a little easier. You could say it’s a vehicle that transforms me from the mundane world into the magical world!