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Wikipedia's article on the daf frame drum and its ritual and ceremonial use, consulted 2026-08-11.
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Wikipedia's article on the daf frame drum and its ritual and ceremonial use, consulted 2026-08-11, the lower tier reflecting a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, useful for a general overview of the instrument's use. NotesWikipedia's article on the daf frame drum, consulted 2026-08-11. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication; used here for its comparative ethnomusicology note on frame drum size and gender association across cultures, its account of the daf's role in Sufi zikr and sama gatherings, its note that the daf is traditionally the one instrument permitted in conservative Sunni communities, by women at celebrations and men in battle, and its note on the daf's pre-Islamic role in Sassanian era Mazdean (Zoroastrian) prayer recitation, standard general reference facts about the instrument rather than about any specific order's ceremony content.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daf
Source Typereference
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