A Bora chief with a pair of traditional drums Dirk Schroeder / CHROMO / agefotostock
An indigenous Amazon tribe can swap messages over 20 kilometres or more, simply by beating out rhythms on pairs of drums. It turns out the rhythms of the drumming mimic the entirety of their spoken language.
The live in parts of Peru and Colombia. They use drums called ³¾²¹²Ô²µ³Ü²¹°ùé.
A pair of drums, each a cylinder about two metres long, . The drummer stands between the drums and beats each with a rubber-covered mallet in each hand.…
