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Drum Circle

  Several area beaches sport drum circles.  This one from last Sunday took place on Venice Beach, FL.  The photo was taken as the drummers were setting up a medicine wheel.








Typically, people gather to drum in drum "circles" with others from the surrounding community. The drum circle offers equality because there is no head or tail. It includes people of all ages. The main objective is to share rhythm and get in tune with each other and themselves. To form a group consciousness. To entrain and resonate. By entrainment, I mean that a new voice, a collective voice, emerges from the group as they drum together.      --Mickey Hart, former drummer for The Grateful Dead



The crowd begins to gather closer to sunset and some people enter the circle to dance or perform while others watch.  For some reason, belly dancing and hula hoops are popular.  At he drum circles I have been to, a conch shell is blown just as the sun sinks into the horizon.

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  1. TaborApril 4, 2018 at 3:34 PM

    this is almost Hawaiian rather than north American native. Looks like fun.

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  2. TomApril 4, 2018 at 6:32 PM

    I've done a few drum circles, but never at the beach -- that must be fantastic.

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  3. Linda ReederApril 4, 2018 at 8:00 PM

    It sounds like a great way to finish the day!

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  4. Arkansas PattiApril 5, 2018 at 4:26 PM

    They didn't have those in my days in Fla and I think that was my loss. Sounds really interesting.

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  5. AudreyJ5April 5, 2018 at 7:08 PM

    Native Americans form drum circles for the same reason. Thank you for sharing your photos of this.

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  6. Jenn JilksApril 6, 2018 at 1:02 PM

    That's amazing! I think my kids are going to Venice Beach this summer!

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  7. AnonymousApril 6, 2018 at 5:07 PM

    I have never witnessed a drum circle, but it looks like an interesting experience.

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