7:00 pm
As part of our continuing series of live music this summer, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is pleased to welcome Burundi Drums, who will be making their debut in this installment of the Tuesday Night Tunes.
Burundi drums is a ritual dance of the royal drum, it's a spectacle combining powerful, synchronized drumming with dancing, heroic poetry and traditional songs.
Burundi Drums have been recognizing by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The dance calls for at least a dozen or so drums, always in an odd number, arranged in a semicircle around a central drum. Several are beaten in a continuous rhythm, while the others keep to the beat set by the central drum. Two or three drummers then perform dances to the rhythm.
Burundi Drums have a heart beat rhythm and sound by vibration. They are made in a special wood and covered by a cow skin specially treated to resist to the wood steak hits.
When you hear Burundi Drums, you get vibration in your body that make you fill happy.
Mutcho Cultural Group in Partnership with Africa Diaspora of the Maritimes to maintain African culture diversity heritage, the project has been funded by Community Culture and Heritage to bring Burundi drums to Halifax. Over the past year, Burundi Drummers performed to different events, Galas, Community events, wedding, Blue Nose Marathon, Fashion show, wellness events to heal the spirit.
We are proud to participate in Cultural Diversity and we want to bring the African heart beat in the Maritimes.
This concert is co-sponsored by the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and Waterfront Development.
For additional information:
Richard MacMichael
902-424-8897
macmicrs@gov.ns.ca