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Drumming Beats Speech for Distant Communication

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Drumming as a Medium of Distant Communication

This chapter examines the Bora people's distinctive use of mongoire drums to transmit messages over vast distances, akin to a musical Morse code. It highlights the drumming patterns' role in verbal communication and addresses the challenges facing the Bora language's survival.

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