Jamaican Nyabinghi drumming is religious Rastafarian music that adherents perform in communal drumming circles while chanting Rastafarian prayers.
Every Jamaican Nyabinghi drumming circle worth its salt features several distinct drums: the THUNDER (the bottom, bass drum of the ensemble), the FUNDE (a middle-pitched drum that keeps “the heartbeat” of the rhythm), the REPEATER (the highest-pitched drum, it improvises rhythms and is believed to carry the spirit of the session), and, often, the SHAKA: the sekere, which accents and provides character to the rhythms. This video gets you in the Jamaican groove.
