Ingombe

Ingombe [ngoma], name of a large, single-headed drum used in voodoo rites in Pernambuco, Brazil. Vars. of the word—ingono, engono, ingomba—are used in the NE. and N. provinces to denote cylindrical drums with laced heads as well as barrel drums with nailed heads (7). Alvarenga, Oneyda. Música popular brasileña. Buenos Aires, 1947.