In the heart of Upper Egypt, a 100-year-old drum beats at the same two times on every day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan to alert Muslims to stop eating or eat up. In the heart of Upper Egypt ...
The Artistic Director of the National Troupe of Nigeria, Mr. Akin Adejuwon who has just returned from cultural trips to Egypt and Brazil with the National Troupe of Nigeria, tells Edozie Udeze, in ...
Given the ongoing popularity of bellydancing in Japan, the signature sound of the Egyptian darbuka drum, has become far more familiar. While it may not have the ubiquitous hippie drum-circle presence ...
The Egyptian drums are of several kinds, as might be expected: tam - tams, tambourines, kettle-drums, and cylindrical, with one or with two heads. The sizes exhibited were from eight to thirty inches ...