Though I brought a lot of materials back to Benin for our project, we certainly didn't need to buy drums and percussion. When I first got back to Benin, I asked someone where you go to buy drums, and he told me about a village near Porto Novo that specializes in percussion.
It's normal here for villages to have a trade - but usually it has to do with a specific crop. This reminded me of when I was in Ghana and there was a brass casting village, along with a village for several other royal crafts.
Anyway, for a small chunk of cash we got about 8 drums! This was a really cool experience and I hope to go back there before I leave to buy some drums for myself. Here are some pictures.
Guitarist Leni Stern, Filmmaker Herve Cohen, and CIAMO Administrator Wilfrid (who got us pretty amazing deals!)
It's normal here for villages to have a trade - but usually it has to do with a specific crop. This reminded me of when I was in Ghana and there was a brass casting village, along with a village for several other royal crafts.
Anyway, for a small chunk of cash we got about 8 drums! This was a really cool experience and I hope to go back there before I leave to buy some drums for myself. Here are some pictures.
Guitarist Leni Stern, Filmmaker Herve Cohen, and CIAMO Administrator Wilfrid (who got us pretty amazing deals!)
We stuffed the trunk with instruments.
The Village.
2 comments:
"A village that specializes in percussion".
How cool is THAT??!?!?!??
What you are doing is SO amazing!!
Can't wait to hear the results!!
Stay healthy, Mark Loehrke (Carly's dad)
What if you're really into brass instruments, and you live in the percussion village? What a depressing life that would be!
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