Samuel, a kitchen-boy in Babylon, serves Belshazzar, the King, and his guests at the feast during which God delivers a message to Belshazzar which is interpreted by Judge Daniel.
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This essay examines the use of script in the preparation and consecration of Cuban bata drums. (2) The writing of esoteric markings on the interior walls of these double-headed drums as a practice is not particularly secretive--many devotees outside the drumming fraternity are either aware that such a custom takes place or can at least imagine it being so. Nonetheless, the markings themselves remain one of the most guarded mysteries of the drumming fraternities in Cuba. Though the denotative meaning of most of these esoteric markings has seemingly been lost, this essay looks to how this writing, both the practice and its content, might index a north-of- Yorubaland provenance of Cuba's sacred bata drum complex. Fieldwork has demonstrated that...
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0688021123
- ISBN 13 9780688021122
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32