Lali

Family: Percussion, idiophonic Fijian drum

Description:  It is a wooden slit drum and is played with hands or sticks. They also frequently occur in pairs, and played together in counterpoint.

Origin: Fiji

Wikidata Item: Q3429366

Usage and History: It is an important part of traditional Fijian culture, as it was used to announce births, deaths and wars. Nowadays it is used to call the people of an area together, e.g for church services, and to entertain guests at resorts or hotels. 

Images: 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Pair_of_Lali_drums.JPG (Wikimedia, a pair of Lali drums, taken by Notourno08)

https://www.jacksfiji.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/191786.jpg (Jack's of Fiji, a small Lali drum with sticks)

Appearance: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKJ16_Sfrn0 (Polohni Dawai playing the Lali at the Radisson Hotel)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sp_KZWZU_U (Lali Drums with Chants (Long Sequence) - Fijian Meke Performers)

Relationships: it is similar to the Pate drum (MusicBrainz, https://musicbrainz.org/instrument/d22b8841-1553-4aa3-89f3-f050c81cfc1f) as they are both wooden slit drums from Polynesian cultures

Types: Lali ni meke (smaller form of the Lali), Lali ni Valou (portable war drums)

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lali_(drum) (Wikipedia, Lali Drum)