These hourglass-shaped drums from Nigeria were brought to Cuba as a result of the slave trade of the 1800s

Today they continue to be used for religious ceremonies (in the Santería tradition)

as well as in secular settings

The batá usually consists of three drums: 

the largest is the Iyá

(also called the mother drum), the medium one is the Itótele, and the smallest is the Okónkolo

BATÁ

Lisette Santiago plays three Batá drums at once