Posted on 13/10/06
Women march to a taiko beat
On a recent morning in the small gymnasium of an elementary school in Toronto, young children were shrieking with fear and delight as a shishi -- a dragon-like "monster" said to be half-lion and half-deer -- ran among them. Moments later, two smiling young women emerged from under the cloth "body" and fearsome red mask, seized their drumsticks and resumed a concert of taiko, Japan's viscerally powerful traditional drumming, presented by members of the Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble (KNE).
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