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Junjung

War drum of the Serer ethnic group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Junjung
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A junjung (or variously jung-jung, gungun, dyoung-dyoung etc.)[1] is the royal war drum of the Serer people in Senegal and the Gambia.[2] It was played on the way to the battlefield, on special state occasions as well as on Serer religious ceremonies.

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19th century junjung, from the Kingdom of Sine, part of present-day Senegal.

It is also the progenitor of the music of the same name found in the Caribbean.[3]

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