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This is a professional pair of Bongo Drums. Tradition dictates that the small bongo (known as ‘macho’) should always be headed with the skin of a male animal, and the large drum 'hembra', should be from a female animal. The bongo player or “bongosero” in a salsa group would play bongos to spice up the rhythm in some parts of a tune and swich to a hand-held cowbell to outline the beat during syncopated “jam” or “descarga" sections. Real bongo players hold the drums tightly between their knees, but may stand up to play the cowbell.

Click image to hear the Bongos.