Metaphysics, Folklore, Spirituality
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Read more: Rhythm of Life: A History of Drums
Let’s travel back before Spotify playlists and stadium concerts – about 7,000 years. A group of early humans gather around a fire… one of them starts hitting a hollow log covered with reptile skin. To our modern eyes it might look like a casual weekend at Burning Man, but to them it was serious business.…
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Read more: The Invincible Art: Indonesia’s Debus and the Power of Pain
In a dusty village square in Banten, a man in a black headband stands calmly as another strikes his back with a rattan rod. The crowd gasps—he doesn’t flinch. Moments later, he’s rolling over a bed of thorny cactus and grinning as if it were a plush mattress. A chorus of drums and chants builds,…
