Baka Water Drumming

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.

Baka water drumming. Water drumming is not in any way the hydraulophonic style of making music. Expert in forest life they are well known for their use of water as a drum instrument or water drumming. 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. Baka forest people women playing the river like a drum.

Luis devin with baka women and children in the water of a river to study the playing techniques and poly rhythmic patterns of water drums. See the full m. A clip form the banks islands vanuatu. In the hydraulophonic style a percussive sound is produced during direct physical contact with water.

Water drumming the tambor de agua spanish. This is raw footage from a feature length movie exploring music and culture in the vanuatu islands. The baka people use the river as a drum when creating these beautiful sounds. In the western world liquindi is commonly known as water drumming.

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