TAIKO DRUMMING STUDENT RECITAL
Friday 1/12/18, 1:30 pm LCS multipurpose room
This is the culmination of a week long artist in residency with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko. Thanks to The Friends of LCS, Vermont Humanities and The Tari Shattuck Education Fund students will be immersed in an ancient art form from Japan as a kick off to our school wide study of the culture of Japan.
Taiko—Japanese for "big drum"- is a relatively modern revival of ancient Japanese drumming traditions. The drums originally developed in India, where they were used in religious ceremony to represent the voice of the Buddha. Moving across China and Korea with the spread of Buddhism, taiko arrived in Japan around 500 AD.
Taiko quickly became part of Japanese culture; spiritual healers played taiko to dispel evil spirits and drive insects from the rice fields; Samurai employed taiko to instill fear in the enemy and courage in themselves; villagers used taiko to in their prayers for rain and in thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Over time, many areas developed unique choreography and rhythms celebrating festivals or recreations of historic events.
Please come join us Friday afternoon for this spectacular event.
Devon MacLeod
3/4 Teacher
Lincoln Community School
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