Tabl baladi (Egyptian drum) in Sharqia, Egypt

The son of the noted zamr (زمر) oboe player Mr. Abdelhamid demonstrates the tabl baladi (طبل بلدي), a folk drum played with two sticks, which is used to accompany the zamr.

Filmed by the Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist Halim El-Dabh in June 1987 in a town near Zagazig, Sharqia, Egypt, in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt.

Similar instruments are found in Turkey, the Balkans, Greece, and several Central Asian countries, always played in tandem with oboes.

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[malkateltubbel]

I just still can believe how small it is

[Klangspiel]

in Bulgaria it´s calles Tupan, in Turkey Davul. nice video;)

[floopyboo]

This is fascinating. It's a pity the sound quality is so quiet.

[spamthewow]

i am actully born in egypt, but i live in america, and im apercussionist, so i love this vid.