Djembe - Making a Djembe - Ghana, West Africa

[davearias]

wonderful how they work, wish I could have one of those djembes!

[DjembeDirect]

@davearias You can! Visit our website!

[jhenry291]

Wow, It is really beautiful watching the teamwork put into one drum. I have been working on one as a gift to my brother for 3 months and am not even close to being done. Can you tell me what the name of the tool used at 0:49 sec and 1:12 min? THX :)

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@jhenry291 The tool at 0.49 is just a machete. The other tool... I don't know what they are called in Ghana, but woodcarvers here in the US call them "crooked knives." There ware some smaller versions available from Sweeden at a reasonable price.

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@jhenry291 The tool at 0.49 is just a machete. The other tool... I don't know what they are called in Ghana, but woodcarvers here in the US call them "crooked knives." There are some smaller versions available from Sweden at a reasonable price.

Takes a village to make a djembe.

[mocny01]

talented people,,,i wish more carving on it

[jhenry291]

Can you tell me where i can get the tools they use in the video? I've looked everywhere in Canada and the USA. Thx!

[DHmusicmaster]

I would have thought to have used hot coals to burn the hole through the drum, then come back with chisel in hand to carve the rest of it.

[1viva]

Absolutely AMAZING how you can make a Djembe without electric tools!!

Congratulations!!! :-)

[baldbollocks]

These boys do a great job

[Patmacaud]

Beatuiful tradition!

[rakuman123]

i was in ghana and bought one for $50...pretty cheap for all the work that goes into them

[tribalredemption]

Awesome!

[RojoLocoMateo]

how fun!

[DJLAZYASS]

Fantastic work!! Incredible manual skills and professionalism!

[sprayer911]

wow, your putting alot of work in that instrument, all my respect

[mountainmanrab]

i enjoyed that clip can you tell me is there any one in n.ireland who can tune reskin djembes

[DjembeDirect]

We don't have any one in Ireland that we could recommend. We do have some tuning tutorials on our site, as well as a DVD that teaches you how to re-head a djembe. Thanks!

[DjembeDirect]

The woman, (Her name is Efi), is applying a mixture of shea butter, coconut oil, beeswax.

Thanks!

[BardofCornwall]

Great stuff. No wonder djembes are so expensive--what a lot of work!

[megasuchy]

Not from Ghana,there are cheap djembes because, djembes don't come from ghana.Ghana only manufacture djembes for money.True djembes are from Mali and Guinea.

[fatburger100]

fasinating to see how the djembe is made!

[717570876]

Thank you for giving credit to some of those whom we never get to see, and who do so much for our percussive lives.

[TonyBtheEG]

incredible talents and strength. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. :D

[xhellabentx]

yes extremely fascinating thanks

[flipvamp]

Wow, that is really amazing! Very neat to see people working together!