The
goblet drum (also
chalice drum,
tarabuka,
darbuka,
debuka,
doumbek,
dumbec,
dumbeg,
dumbelek,
toumperleki, or
tablah, /
ALA-LC:
darbukah) is a single head
membranophone with a
goblet shaped body used mostly in the
Middle East,
North Africa,
South Asia, and
Eastern Europe. The African
djembe-wassolou is also a goblet membranophone. This article focuses on the
Eastern and
North-African goblet drum.