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Ngoma drum
Traditional drum used in ceremonies, rites of passage and storytelling across Kenyan communities.
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Ngoma means both 'drum' and 'dance' in Swahili and many Bantu languages. Ngoma drums have a body carved or hollowed from wood, covered with animal skin, mostly cattle hide, pegged onto the body. They lead ceremonies, weddings, initiations and community dances.
Animal skin
How Ngoma drum makers source and prepare Animal skin — detail arrives with the client's day-15 content batch.
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How Ngoma drum makers source and prepare Wood — detail arrives with the client's day-15 content batch.
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