LAGOS, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Nigerian artist Adebayo Ayodeji is concentrating on kids to play conventional devices like drums, which he worries may turn into extinct and erase an essential facet of the tradition in Africa’s most populous nation.
Within the megacity of Lagos, mother and father deliver kids to his twice-a-month drumming workshops to learn to play drums and perceive their conventional significance.
In Nigeria, the drum will not be solely a musical instrument, however can also be utilized in ceremonial occasions and rituals like speaking with deities and summoning conferences in villages.
“We’re utilizing this to revive our cultural values,” Ayodeji mentioned, noting that the majority kids had not seen the drums earlier than.
“They’ve not performed it earlier than and this is a chance to introduce them to it, so we’re utilizing it to at the very least do a type of evangelism – evangelism of artwork,” Ayodeji mentioned.
Reporting by Seun Sanni; Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe; Modifying by Richard Chang
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