African Hand Drums to Promote Movie, The Visitor, to Be Provided by World Wide Drums, LLC.BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- World Wide Drums, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control was selected by Overture Films to supply more than 1100 djembe A djembe (pronounced jem bay) also known as djimbe, jenbe, jembe, yembe or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin covered hand drum, shaped like a large goblet, and meant to be played with bare hands. African hand drums to be used to publicize the movie, The Visitor. World Wide Drums was selected by Overture because of its reputation as a distributor of quality African drums and its ability to provide the large quantity of handmade djembe drums required within a relatively short period of time. "We have strong relationships with excellent craftspeople crafts·people pl.n. People who practice a craft; artisans. around the world. Those relationships have enabled us to work with companies like Overture Films and support the growing popularity of African drumming in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and elsewhere," said Nick Zwack, Owner, World Wide Drums. In the movie, The Visitor, music plays an important role. Two of the main characters connect over a djembe drum. The djembe drum, pronounced jembe, is a goblet shaped hand drum that is a popular African percussion instrument percussion instrument, any instrument that produces musical sound when its surface is struck with an implement (such as a mallet, stick, or disk) or with the hand. . African drumming is gaining in popularity in school curriculums, drum circles and healing institutions. "World Wide Drums, LLC provided the finely crafted djembe drums that we will be sending out to various people in the movie industry as we promote the film," said a spokesperson for Overture Films. About World Wide Drums LLC World Wide Drums, LLC is an internet-based company located in Burnsville, Minnesota “Burnsville” redirects here. For other uses, see Burnsville (disambiguation). Burnsville is a suburb 15 miles (25 km) south of downtown Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Dakota County. The city lies just south of the Minnesota River. . Since 2004, the company has provided African drums, drumming accessories and instructional materials to a growing community of drummers. World Wide Drums has supplied djembe drums for theatrical groups, corporate seminars and even schools on cruise ships (the ScholarShip), and has donated drums to rehabilitation facilities throughout the United States. |
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