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Nazareth Atabaque

The tall hand drum of candomblé and capoeira

Rope-tuned with wedges driven down the sides, the atabaque comes in three tuned sizes — rum, rumpi, and lê — played together in Afro-Brazilian religious music.

Category

  • Hand Percussion

    Congas, bongos, djembes, cajons, timbales, frame drums, and the small instruments that live on a percussion table: tambourines, cowbells, shakers, and claves.

Made by

  • Nazareth

    Nazareth builds berimbaus, atabaques, and pandeiros in Brazil for capoeira and candomblé, where the instruments are made to be played hard and outdoors rather than recorded.