The udu is an African drum originated by the Igbo people of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, udu means vessel. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by women for ceremonial uses. Usually the udu is made of clay.

The instrument is played by hand and produces a special and unique bass sound[1] by quickly hitting the big hole. Furthermore the whole corpus can be played by fingers. Today it is widely used by percussionists in different music styles.

The instrument is both an aerophone and an idiophone.

Wonderful picture! somogyvari · 2010-07-07: 13:48