You know it ain’t a drum party without the darbuka! There’s absolutely nothing better than starting off a celebration with a few taps on the darbuka, and letting everyone join in on the fun!

Love the darbuka so much but hate lugging it around? Always wanted to unleash your expert darbuka skills while you’re on the go?

Does it always take forever to tune your Darbuka, which due to the animal skin, is also super sensitive to the weather?

Meet the Tablona, the world’s first inflatable tabla. The usual ceramic version of the percussion instrument tends to lose its tension due to humidity, but the Tablona apparently solves this problem instantly!

Watch the video below to learn how its creator, Akram Al Sharif, a music producer and composer, came up with the idea.

Through his campaign, Akram hopes to raise enough funds to set up a factory in Hurghada, Egypt where he can produce the Tablona and other percussion instruments.

I believe that we should maintain our local culture and instruments, they give us the basic essence and sound of our culture and unfortunately the art of making Ceramic Darbuka is a dying art… Since the making of the plastic and aluminum Darbuka many Darbuka players have forgotten the original sound of this instrument… Tablona is reliable and takes no time to heat or tune. It is concert ready at all times.

Akram Al Sharif

As of March 12th 2019, Akram has collected $2,500 of his $12,000 goal. The campaign ends April 30th, 2019. To help support his cause, visit the fundraising page here.