There are generally three jumbie dancers in a unit, who perform accompanied by the "babala" (tambourine, or "jumbie drum"), triangle, fife or "pulley" (accordion, concertina or melodeon), and most importantly the French reel (also "jumbie drum" or "woowoo"), a skin drum that produces an ominous sound which is said to attract the jumbie spirits. Both the "babala" and "French reel" are similar to the Irish bodhran in construction; all three drums are played with the fingertips, palms and the backs of the hands.