World Steelpan Day honours the national instrument of Trinidad & Tobago
Steelpan drums, invented in Trinidad and Tobago, and the culture behind their sound will be celebrated every August 11 as World Steelpan Day. Janine Mendes-Franco (Global Voices) writes, “It’s a potent instrument, a tool to bring us together.” Here are excerpts from this heart-warming article. In a resolution adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly on…
Source: repeatingislands.com