More about drums and drum circles

Drums are among the earth's oldest musical instruments. Every culture has a history of drums and group drumming used for music, dance and ritual. The oldest documented drum dates to 6,000 B.C in Mesopotamia.

Shamans in many cultures used the drum as the "canoe" to transport the healer to an altered state of consciousness in preparation for healing. In Africa, drums were used as a form of communication carrying complex messages between tribes.

For thousands of years, group drumming has been a part of almost every global culture-- they were used at harvest rituals, solstice gatherings, fertility and manhood rituals, marriage ceremonies, and all manner of celebration. One of the first things that happened in Kenya when Obama was elected was a drum circle!

Today, this ancient ritual is coming alive in western cultures and cuts across all lines that divide us. Drum circles are also increasing in popularity as a platform for meditation and alternative therapy for a number of diseases.

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