Craft Without Borders — Different hands. Shared heritage. Limitless future.
← Back to all crafts
Tunisia ✓ Verified craft Frame drum (membranophone)

Bendir

Frame drum used in spiritual practices, celebrations and traditional music.

Goat skinWoodNatural fibers Skin stretchingHeat tuningHand finishing

The bendir is a traditional frame drum widely used in Tunisia in Sufi ceremonies and celebrations. Handcrafted with goat skin stretched over a wooden frame, it produces deep, warm and resonant tones. Each bendir is unique: artisans carefully select the wood, prepare the skin, and tune the drum by tightening the skin with heat to achieve the desired sound.

120+artisans
35workshops
12communities

How it is made

  1. 01

    Skin stretching

    Step-by-step notes on Skin stretching arrive with the client's day-15 content batch.

  2. 02

    Heat tuning

    Step-by-step notes on Heat tuning arrive with the client's day-15 content batch.

  3. 03

    Hand finishing

    Step-by-step notes on Hand finishing arrive with the client's day-15 content batch.

Join the community
Meet the artisans who keep this craft alive.
Meet them
Have knowledge to share?
Add a story, a technique or a video to this craft.
Contribute