UGANDA-MPIGI-DRUM MAKERS

UGANDA-MPIGI-DRUM MAKERS

(220312) -- MPIGI, March 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Francis Yiga, an artisan, speaks in an interview with Xinhua in Mpambire Village of Mpigi District, Uganda, March 10, 2022. Mpambire, a village in the central Ugandan district of Mpigi, is known as the birthplace for drums in the country. The village is dotted with makeshift workshops where the drums are made from tree trunks and animal hides and skins. TO GO WITH "Feature: Centuries-old tradition of drum making in Uganda battling modernity" (Xinhua/Zhang Gaiping)

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