The Object That Tells
An object can tell a whole party. The story object takes an instrument, a costume, a symbol — and unfolds it in five steps: matter, manufacturing, use, meaning, and what to remember.
The episodes to watch
The first episode is dedicated to the djembe, the drum that gathers: cut into a single trunk and stretched out of a skin, it speaks in three sounds and makes the villages dance like the big scenes.
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1 min 25 s
The Story Object — The Djembe, the drum that gathers
1 min 25 s — © Festival TV
Next objects
The series unfolds object after object. On the programme of the next episodes: the kora, the guembri, the Sosso-Bala de Niagassola, the silleta de Medellín, the bauta de Venise, the hat of the Gille de Binche, the picado paper, the arrow belt and the nebuta of Aomori.
The event
The story of the object that is in the Discovery slice, around 10 a.m., in the middle of the morning of the chain — between places to visit and the noon day.