TALES FROM THE TALKING DRUM IS A RETURN OF HOW THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS AND CARETAKERS OF THIS PLANET EARTH AND UNIVERSE TAUGHT HISTORY AND DEEDS OF ITS ANCESTORS.

IT IS A RETURN TO TEACHING HOW TO LIVE, HOW TO PARENT, HOW TO FEED ONESELF, HOW TO TAKE CARE AND RESPECT THE LAND AND TO PASS ON KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

EVERY VILLAGE OR TOWN OR CITY ON PLANET EARTH HAD A DRUM OR AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS USED BY THE ELDERS TO SHARE INFORMATION.

FOR THE ANCIENT AFRICANS IT WAS THE JEMBE.   FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS IT WAS THE POWOW OR AREITO CEREMONIES WHERE THEY USED LARGE ROUND CEREMONIAL DRUMS OR GONG LIKE DRUMS MADE OF HOLLOW LOGS CALLED MAYUACAN. FOR THE BRAZILIANS IT WAS THE BERIMBAU. 

BUT WHAT EVER INSTRUMENT WAS USED, STORIES OF DEEDS GREAT AND SMALL WE SUNG, DANCED AND PLAYED.

IN THIS CASE WE ARE GOING BACK TO THIS WAY OF TEACHING RATHER THAN THE MODERN DAY STYLE OF TEACHING WHICH TENDS TO MONATOUNOUS AND FULL OF WORDS AND DOGMA THAT NO ONE REMEMBERS OR SOMETIMES EVEN CARE ABOUT.

THIS RETURN TO ROOTS STYLE TEACHING IS FUN, INTERACTIVE AND MEMORABLE AND IS THE PERFECT VEHICLE WHERE CHILDREN AND TEENS CAN BETTER LEARN AND REMEMBER WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED AND SUPPLIES A VERY GOOD VEHICLE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A SPECIAL BOND WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND IT ALSO IS A VERY GOOD TOOL WHERE YOUTH CAN TAKE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED AND PASS IT ON TO OTHERS.

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