Japan's taiko reinvents ancient drum tradition

By Agence France-Presse

May 21, 2022 12:12 am

ASIA AND OCEANIA

SADO, Japan: In a hall on Japan's Sado island, 71-year-old Yoshikazu Fujimoto strikes the imposing drum mounted before him, producing a boom so powerful that it reverberates through the floorboards.

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ASIA AND OCEANIA

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