FIELD NOTES / BDI / Eastern Africa
Burundi
Drum making & collective rhythm.
START WITH A PLACE
Ritual dance of the royal drum
Burundi’s royal drum practice brings together drum making, performance, dance and the transmission of knowledge. UNESCO describes an arrangement of drums and performers that makes the ensemble spatial as well as musical.
Read the source UNESCO Intangible Cultural HeritageA CLOSER LOOK
A study in grain and rhythm.
Compare the repeated cylindrical forms with the semicircular performance arrangement. Consider rhythm as a relationship between people and objects, not just a surface pattern.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Fibre paper#ece9dboklch(0.933 0.019 96.873)
Cut straw#c5b08aoklch(0.766 0.057 82.249)
Forest shade#4d7162oklch(0.517 0.048 166.710)
Thread ochre#bd8453oklch(0.660 0.096 60.682)
Grain ink#283630oklch(0.318 0.021 166.943)