Antiquated Drums And The Revolutionary Reggae
by Craig Huntington
Music has been a part of human society since the late prehistoric times. In those days, prehistoric men use primitive percussion devices like drums. Such music is as old as their late paleolithic religions.
Until today, these devices exist and still widely used. Contemporary drums may have come from these older percussions but until today, the archaic variety still remains culturally irreplaceable. However, the traditional drums are also culturally diverse in different parts of the globe.
As the cradle of human society, African and its music is primarily being attuned to drums mostly made of cured goat's skin. Their voodoo ancestor worship is often accompanied by vibrant drum banging and chanting. They believed that communal dancing and singing paves way for divine intervention.
In Europe, their primitive societies and civilizations use drums as one of their primary musical instrument. Vikings marauders and Greek naval adventurers use drums to synchronize the rowing. Ancient tribes in Germany and British Isles play the drums in their solemn cult ceremonies presided by their druids.
As far as Asian civilization is concerned, drums have been standard musical instrument in China. New year festivals litter the streets with a parade of musicians banging huge drums and cymbals to fill the town with revelry. Mascots of serpentine lions and dragons worn by dancers bop with the beat of the drummers.
In Japan, traditional music genre use drums as their primary instrument. The traditional drums are called "taiko" and they have been so symbolic the nation had its own drum festival. These drums are used not only in civil fuctions but also in war, and every feirce samurai warrior in his lord's fief rouse to the sound of the fat drum's alarm.
In the American continent, drums are the most significant musical instrument among the natives. In ancient times preceding European settlement, natives used it for war as well as for important civil events such as the chief's wedding. But more importantly, Native American drums are symbolic to their cultural spiritual practice from the ancient times until today's annual All Nation's Powwow.
Yet no other ancient drum genre gained great acceptance in global music in the contemporary times other than the indigenous islander cultures from the Pacific to the Caribbean. Reggae music has been very crucial into integrating traditional themes that used archaic skin-hued drums. The concept of beach vacation is simply no longer possible without reggae music, cocktails and surfing.
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Title: Antiquated Drums And The Revolutionary Reggae
Author: Craig Huntington
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Keywords: sheet music,music,piano,guitar,entertainment
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