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See a man playing a Korean puk a double-headed barrel drum

A Buddhist monk in maroon robes strikes a large drum while other monks pray inside the ornate, colorful Ivolginski Datsan temple in Buryatiya, eastern Siberia.

Musicians playing a janggu

Mongolian shaman wearing a ritual gown and holding a drum with the image of a spirit helper, c. 1909.

See Tom Teasley playing the frame drum using different drumming styles from various countries

A musician playing tabla.

Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.

At a Glance

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Videos

See a man playing a Korean puk a double-headed barrel drum

See a man playing a Korean puk a double-headed barrel drum

A Korean puk, a barrel drum of the type used in farmers' band music.

Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

See Tom Teasley playing the frame drum using different drumming styles from various countries

See Tom Teasley playing the frame drum using different drumming styles from various countries

Frame drumming techniques, as demonstrated by musician Tom Teasley.

Video: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

A Buddhist monk in maroon robes strikes a large drum while other monks pray inside the ornate, colorful Ivolginski Datsan temple in Buryatiya, eastern Siberia.

monks praying at the Ivolginsky Datsan temple

A Buddhist monk beating a drum as other monks pray in the Ivolginsky Datsan temple,...

Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images

Musicians playing a janggu

Musicians playing a janggu

Musicians dressed in a traditional Korean ensemble playing a janggu.

Korea Britannica Corp.

Kandyan dance

Kandyan dance

Sri Lankan drummers and dancers performing a Kandyan dance.

Ewing Krainin/Stockpile

Mongolian shaman wearing a ritual gown and holding a drum with the image of a spirit helper, c. 1909.

Mongolian shaman wearing a ritual gown and holding a drum with the image of a spirit...

National Museum of Finland

A musician playing tabla.

A musician playing tabla.

© byheaven/Fotolia

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Hand-painted drums with drumheads made of leather.

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Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.

Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak...

Edward S. Curtis/Library of Congress

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