DAFF

The daff is a large frame drum played with the hands. It has a wooden frame and a stretched skin head (the head is more often made from synthetic materials these days). The daff has hundreds of small circular jingles inside the instrument that make a swishing sound when it is played.

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In The Phoenix of Persia, the daff represents the soldiers and the wild countryside. It is also played in the celebrations at the end of the story. There is a small frame drum in the Shahnameh Box.

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What other percussion instruments do pupils know that are struck with the hands? What materials are those instruments made from?