Grooves You Should Know: Gran Bélé (Martinique)

141K views · 4K reactions | Lovely skills on the Bele drum The Martinique bèlè is a legacy of the slave music tradition. The bélé itself is a huge tambour drum that players ride as though it was a horse. It is characterized, in its rhythm, by the "tibwa" (two wooden sticks) played on a length of bamboo mounted on a stand to the tambour bèlè. Added to the tambour bèlè and tibwa are the maracas, more commonly referred to as the chacha. | African Drumming | Facebook

8K views · 75 reactions | Le tambour Djidji Ayokwe , le Zodiaque de Dendérah  … vous les avez peut-être déjà vus dans les musées français. Mais la #France  peut-elle restituer ces œuvres à leur pays d’origine ?  | FRANCE 24 | Facebook