Baka Water Drumming

In 1992 when baka beyond s martin cradick and su hart first visited a family near the cameroon congo border they found baka musicians already mixing the makossa and soukous they had heard on the radio with their traditional rhythms.

Baka water drumming. See the full m. Expert in forest life they are well known for their use of water as a drum instrument or water drumming. It is performed by the baka in africa and in south america by the descendants of slaves with strokes comparable to the culoepuya. Baka forest people women playing the river like a drum.

In the western world liquindi is commonly known as water drumming. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. In the hydraulophonic style a percussive sound is produced during direct physical contact with water. This is raw footage from a feature length movie exploring music and culture in the vanuatu islands.

The baka or baaka people live in from the central african rainforests mainly situated in the south east of cameroon but also in the congo basin and in gabon. Water drumming the tambor de agua spanish. Water drumming is not in any way the hydraulophonic style of making music. Drum of water bungo or liquindi of african origin is water such as a river which is played by striking the surface directly with one s hands.

Here s another water drumming performance by the trio of women uploaded by bakabeyond on youtube.