Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Lungs of Steel

An elder from Kemgesi Village...he played this huge gourd for hours.  Eventually, he would hit the ground but wouldn't stop blowing.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very cool...what's behind the blowing of the gourd?

Unknown said...

Huh...now that I think about it, I don't exactly know. I just figured it was one of their local instruments that he was using to provide a pretty good beat to guide their dance.
If you look closely at the picture, the guy standing next to him...he was wearing leggins constructed of some type of metal and beads...when he danced...it sounded like Santa's sleigh.