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Yet another blurry photo.
Watching taiko drumming and photographing the event is darn hard work. It's
hard work NOT to move with its driving beat.
But nothing is harder than
being a drummer.
Not only must drummers keep a
beat, dance, sprint, maintain
their kata (proper stance), stay synchronized,
call out their kakegoe (vocalizations), and
continue to lift spirits. All this without a pained
look on their faces or crashing into a fellow drummer.
Or dropping their bachis (drumsticks).
Bachi *
for a drummer is dropping their bachis.
*
Divine retribution inflicted on someone who speaks or acts in a disrespectful, unbelieving, or impure way towards a god.
Bachi is a
variant form of batsu, meaning punishment. For those of us
from Hawai`i, bachi
is a form of the idea that what goes around comes around |
