Overseas Drums

Overseas Drums
Christine Salem, roulèr, kayamb and voice
Anne-Laure Bourget, calabash, deola, sati
Harry Perigone, doums, roulèr and voices
Roger Raspail, lead percussion and vocals
Yvon Anzala, vocals
and the Gwo-Ka Tradition Export group
Ophélie Jo, song and dance
Jean-Marie Dias, ka drum and vocals
Max Diakok, percussion, singing and dancing
Jony Lerond, percussion and vocals
Maryll Abass, accordion
Overseas Drums
From one continent to another, the drum is a harbinger, a bearer of messages. He unites and trains. He knows how to speak the language of humans and that of spirits. He makes bodies dance, sometimes to the point of trance. The pulsation of the heart of the community is in tune with its beats which unite and stimulate.
Although they are separated by 13,400 kilometers, Guadeloupe and Reunion share a drum culture which helps to structure each of their overseas societies. Legacies of a colonial history and a population marked by the slave trade, the musical identities of the two departments have a large part of originality. UNESCO made no mistake in including Reunionese maloya on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2009 and Guadeloupean gwo-ka in 2014.