Haiti’s drums and trees: Facing loss of the sacred

The tanbou (drums) are routinely imagined at the center of Haitian experience and provide necessary access to the spiritual forces of the universe. Yet deforestation and climate change have seriously threatened the trees from which these instruments are made. The life story of octogenarian drummaker...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dirksen, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Ethnomusicology 2019
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