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Taiko Drumming
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• Taiko literally means 'fat drum' in Japanese.
• Taiko drumming has been part of Japanese culture for many centuries.
• Its roots lie in the countless temples and shrines scattered all over Japan where they are played in religious festivals and ceremonies.
• It is said that the furthest point at which the village Taiko could be heard marked the edge of the village.
• Taiko also found a home in warfare, making sounds big enough to scare the enemy.
• But it is only in the last forty years that Taiko has become a performance art in itself. Groups like Ondekoza and Kodo regularly bring Taiko to a global audience
World's biggest drum O' Daiko
• The ōdaiko is the largest drum in all of taiko if
not the entire world.
• The largest ōdaiko are too big to move and
permanently reside inside a temple or shrine.
• It is made from a 4 ton block of wood
weighing over 9 feet in diameter! It took 12
people over a year to make it.
• Made from a single piece of wood, some
ōdaiko come from trees that are hundreds of
years old.
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