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Due to the proximity of Easter, the Public Library and the Department of Culture organized yesterday, the conference "The drum on Easter: History and Tradition", which was led by historian and official chronicler of the National Conference Exaltation Drum and Bass Drum, Paterna Guillermo Alfaro, and the PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid, José Francisco Peña Rodríguez.

Since when do you play drums?, Why Easter, how many people drum is in Spain?, Is each city has a special touch?, Were some of the issues that the speakers addressed during the conference, also left room to resolve the doubts of the audience.

Thus, explained Guillermo Paterna, "is not easy to recognize and isolate this phenomenon that we love so much, but what is certain is that the drum as a percussion instrument has an African origin, and the invading Arab troops Iberian Peninsula from 711, take him war among their own stuff. "

This was collected as historical reviews singing the Cid, which is said in one of his poems, "on the Moors ueste atamores ringing".

From emirs in Granada until Tobarra pastors, are numerous legends that speak of the drum in the recent history of the Peninsula.

One of the clear conclusions that threw the speakers was a Franciscan authorship, representative of the many events of Holy Week as processions, staging of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ, temples first and then in the street, that the momentum of the drum as accompaniment instruments outstanding as best celebrations passionate spokesman added, and.

The craftsmanship in the drum was also another issue listed in the conference, which was recalled as old drums were forged in the furnaces of the sheet to move the metal, hemp Bourdon's gut, eventually patching Confinas goat skins.

Finally, the speakers said goodbye highlighting the upward trend is experiencing the tradition of the drum in Jumilla.

Thus, Guillermo Paterna said that "since 2008 Jumilla was invited in the Days of Moratalla people, I have closely followed: Andorra, Hellin, managing, Alcora your debut in last year's Alzira and Calanda . always defended your income on the consortium, because I admire your earnestness, the force with which you have entered in the drum, the work done in such a short time, the ability of organization that you show in every act with the drums in between and illusion derrocháis that you are located since 2015 in the conference. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla