BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Tha-ki-da… the –ki-da…tha! Rat-a-tat-tat… don’t you just love the sound of different types of drums?Did you
know that early man used drums as a means of communication? In Africa, New Guinea and tropical America, people used drums to send messages to other tribes who were far away. Such drums were of-ten called ‘talking drums’. They could warn a tribe that a stranger was approaching, or could convey a message from one person to another. Of course, you had to understand the meaning of different beats to understand what the drums were trying to tell you!Drums played an important role, not just in communication, but also in cultural and religious rituals as well.
