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Show Still Mystery t0 drums that beat out myst"Vt messages, has always been I T lem to the white man a tist stated recently "j d(? SC!eo-lieve SC!eo-lieve any white man will able to understand this drum! The drum system is not a so Morse code, but as natural,, Negro's instinct. It is a rhJL like the black man's speech one word has many meaning ' cording to pronunciation. "There is no thought which ca not be expressed with the aid t the drums, no message so intrica? that it cannot be beaten out bv skillful operator. y a "Warring tribes temporarily fc. get their quarrels in order to rela important tidings across rive, and international frontiers u 'Talking drums' are used to an nounce native weddings and other important local events." |