ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY & TRADITIONS LINKS

SINGING, DRUMMING, AND DANCING

Traditional African drums and drum links. This site is a great place to listen to traditional rhythms from Africa and see how they are recorded visually while you listen to them.Notice the links to the various rhythms on the left side of this page.

Directions for making a gourd drum

Make a drum from scratch

This is an incerdible encyclopedia of drums and percussion instruments. Just click on a letter and see the images and read the history of the world's percussion instruments!

Explore the world of drums and drumming here at drumlinks.com.

Study African drumming with C.K. Ladzekpo's UC Berkeley class on drumming traditions of West Africa.

Check out these groovy African drums and other instruments here.

Learn about the traditional drums of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan: the tabla.

Listen to various Brazilian drum rhythms here.

Read about Japaese taiko drums and drummers here.

Learn all about the traditional percussion music of the island of Java, Indonesia: Gamelan.

Dance video clips:

Dance One by the Heavy Hips Dance Company

Dance Two: The Sword Dance

Classical Inidan dance video

This page hosts many short videos of traditional Russian folk dances

View a video of the Owara Dance from Japan here.

The fancy shawl dance, a traditional American Indian dance, at a pow wow:

TRADTITIONAL AFRICAN DANCES:

Here is a page that will link you to a rare look at a traditional Dogon dance, from Mali. Click on "Play Video" in the lower right corner of the page.

Other colorful Dogon mask dances can be viewed below:

Here is a clip of Zulu dances, from Southeast Africa:

The Mogwana Dance Troupe - Botswana.

Alokli Dance Company is a local, Marin-county dance troupe that focuses on dances inspired from West Africa. On their website, you can view clips of many different dances.