Seabrook Buddhist Temple

HO DAIKO

 

Motivated by a genuine desire to cultivate and perpetuate Japanese Folk Art through the medium of TAIKO. HO DAIKO consists of members of the Temple as well as others form the community. Please contact the Temple for more information. There is also a Dharma School Taiko group for younger folk.

 

"Taiko" in general is often used to mean the relatively modern art of Japanese drum ensembles (kumi-daiko), but the word actually refers to the taiko drums themselves. Literally, taiko means "fat drum," although there is a vast array of shapes and sizes of taiko. Within the last fifty years since kumi-daiko was created, it has seen phenomenal growth to the point where there are over 8,000 taiko groups in Japan by some counts. Borrowing on thousands of years of tradition, taiko groups are now taking the style worldwide. Taiko promises to be the first native Japanese music to spread through the world. (Thank you to www.taiko.com)

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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