... A côté du maître, un adolescent l'accompagne sur un tambour joué horizontalement, un taphon... On le sent un peu tendu, soucieux de bien faire, et surtout de ne pas démériter dans sa partie... Il pratique une frappe sobre, et lente... Rien d'excessif, un jeu efficace et minimaliste.

Next to the master a young man is playing an accompaniment on a 'taphon' -

a long drum set horizontally in front of him; he drums with the flat of his hand to the tips of his fingers. He plays slowly and calmly… nothing extravagant…an accompaniment which is minimalist yet effective. He seems to be concentrating very hard - he is a little tense, anxious to be worthy of his master.