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through the air - the melodies of the Balafon - greet the dancer - as her veils join the music - with djembes & dumbeks - and shakeres under the melody - it becomes one - - taken 20 April 2013 @ Circle of Rhythm Drum Circle - Canon PowerShot SX40 HS cropped/watermark only in: www.picmonkey.com © All Rights Reserved "Fixed-key variations In a fixed-key balafon, the keys are suspended by leather straps just above a wooden frame, under which are hung graduated-size calabash gourd resonators. A small hole in each gourd is covered with a membrane traditionally of thin spider's-egg sac filaments (nowadays more usually of cigarette paper or thin plastic film) to produce the characteristic nasal-buzz timbre of the instrument, which is usually played with two gum-rubber-wound mallets while seated on a low stool (or while standing using a shoulder or waist sling hooked to its frame)." - from Wikipedia