EVENT ;
SUMMARY:
Drumming
is a great way to inspire confidence and build a sense of team spirit, as well
as being invigorating and lots of fun. Drums play an important role in every
aspect of African life, including the physical, emotional and spiritual.
African hand drums are played to communicate, celebrate, mourn and inspire.
Drums have been such a
large part of Africans' daily experience for so long that drumming pulses
throughout their collective unconscious. It's in their genes. Drums are
inseparable from the African culture - they help define it. So much so, that
when the slave trade scattered Africans throughout the world, the love of
drumming they took with them irrevocably altered the world of music.
Today, some of us
recognize some of the prominent African hand drums, but few of us realize how
extensive their influence has become. Hand drums such as the conga and bongos
are not normally thought of as African drums[1]
Around the world,
globalization and modernization are influencing and changing traditional cultures,
communication and the spread of information have become easier and tremendously,
faster now the technology such as TV ,radio ,computer with internet and cell
phones have become more available. As a result there has been an increase in
the transfer of tradition and value between people and culture.Initially
anthropologist feared that globalization would have a harmonizing effect.
As it turn out, the
rapidity of culture exchange resulting from globalization has proven to have an
effect opposite of homogenization. in fact some would argue that this cultural
exchange and mixture has redefined many culture rather than erased or replaced
them.
Tanzania is home of 123
different ethnic groups( Mathew D&D lecture note 2009) traditional drumming
and dancing is another aspect of many traditional Tanzania culture that many
would argue is rapidity changing in the face of globalization. Each tribe has
its own form of dance and many tribes have several distinct dances within their
tribe. For instance there many be different type of dance foe women. Young
people mixed age and son, thus there countless forms of traditional dance and
music in Tanzania alone.
Traditional dance and
music has held an important role in Tanzania culture and was used to teach
lessons ,spread messages and share news. Dancing and drumming in the villages
brought people together and acted as signal of event such as celebration.
In my observation ,the
role of traditional dances in Tanzania is changing and with television, radio
and internet available to spread news today. Its importance is decreasing.