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2. The bendir is a circular frame drum, of around 70cm in diameter, with a goat-skin head and three or four gut snares. They are found throughout North Africa, but are largely associated with rural customs and women’s music. The snares create a buzzing effect, which itself is taken to be sensual and enervating for dance music but quite inappropriate for art genres or male religious practices. Bendirs are used in some male dhikr ceremonies, but these are played without snares, in order for the audition to remain sacred and not profane. The use of snared bendirs in the Aissawa is itself suggestive of a particularly feminine listening aesthetic, involving a sensual and emotional jouissance. A valuable comparative study of such drums can be found in Doubleday 1999.

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