Djembes

Start the day with a fun puzzle and some traditional drum music. In this new puzzle we feature a traditional African instrument - the djembe. If you didn't know, a djembe or jembe is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. The djembe has a body carved of hardwood and a drumhead made of untreated rawhide, most commonly made from goatskin. It's goblet shape suggests that it originally may have been created from a mortar (mortar and pestle are implements used since ancient times to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder).