History of drums
...been evident throughout history, different cultures have different rites of passage and rituals of channeling them to bring desired results. Thus, proving there is no right way to use a drum but, there are several ways and reasons the drum is used. The drum started in Africa, where they would use it to communicate with other tribes that were off in the distance. When needed the drum played a very important role in the lives of the African culture. Some African cultures believe that the piece covering the top of the drum, which is usually goat skin, is the ear of God. They felt that using the drum was their way of praying to God to get what was needed in villages and towns the drum was played. Such as water when droughts occurred to make the soil fertile. They felt that it was there way of connecting to God directly and they also f...