Word: drumming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...make it to the game, you can catch a glimpse of these fearless musicians as they parade through the Square at 11 A.M., snarling traffic, breaking drum sticks, and giving a memorable rendition of "10,000 Men of Harvard...
...items as sheep and goats for sacrifices; humbler offerings of fish and fowl may be demanded of the poor, but the witch doctors always come out ahead. After the djinn-soaked customer is isolated for a week, the witch doctor bursts into his room with a band composed of drum-beaters and female vocalists whose job is to shriek. The zaar goes on all day, as the participants weep, beat their breasts, and roll on the earth...
...enacting of their legend of creation. In olden times, the Asmat believe, a great magician wandered through their country. He was alone, and when he began to long for company, he carved wooden figures and set them up in a forest glade. Then he beat on a drum, and the statues came to life to keep him cornpany. Even today, the Asmat carve figures, as the old magician did, and drum them to new "life...
...have a serious problem of our own up North. But we were answering the call of a group of churchmen for help." Pastor Roy, who promises to drum up recruits for another crusade if King wants one, found the affair "an opportunity to stand up for what we feel is right...
...seethed. But if his concours goes, the loss will be Kerkrade's: instead of listening to the pick of the world's brasses, the town will have to settle for relative quiet and its own supply of twelve brass bands, 18 male choirs, nine flute, mandolin and drum bands, and one amateur symphony orchestra...