Friday, April 2, 2010
Tam Tam Jam
A Tam Tam is a type of drum. In one hand, you hold and play with a stick from a tree. The other hand is free to bang on the drum. You alternate rhythms by using your hand and the stick on the top of the tam tam.
One afternoon, we decided to take tam tam lessons. Directions in hand, we headed out to the third (or was it the second?) village in Palmarin to meet up with our Tam Tam instructors by the Catholic church. Turns out, a Peace Corps volunteer that Steve knows from Dakar was with the guys because he is stationed in Palmarin. We all jammed and had a good time. I'm not going to lie, we rocked the tam tam in a serious way!