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Someone has suggested that the article on the sacred African (mainly Nigerian) Yorúbà/Lucumí batá drums be merged into the Hourglass drum article. I have strong feelings on this based on my own experience as a percussionist and one sensitive to the cultural implications of the batá drums, not simply as a purist or one tending toward a single school of thought, but as one who recognizes the shape of these drums for what they are, which is definitely not hourglass-shaped, it is hyperbolic. To put a cap on it, the preceding is not hyperbole. I have worked with people who practice the religion of Lucumí and/or Santería and I can state unequivocally that there has been a historic tendency to both demonize and marginalize every religion and culture on this planet other than a few overarching sects of Christianity, which is a big mistake. God doesn't speak only one language. He/She speaks all of them, and there is plenty of disk space in Wikipedia (and mind space in humans) for reasonable distinctions to peacefully coexist. I say leave it intact and don't ever try to swallow it into another article of which it is NOT a sub-category.

FYI, whereas African-derived batá are technically shaped as hyperbolas (think nuclear reactor steam-stacks), many African-derived talking drums (also called tamas in Senegal and dunduns in Nigeria) in fact ARE hourglass-shaped. I don't see anyone trying to squeeze talking drums into Asian (or other) Hourglass drums articles. I'm curious what others think or if I have effectively put this bid to rest. No offense.

Nuance, friends... the stuff of knowledge! Peace, out. fjeinca comment added 04:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC).

[edit] To verify

• China - ?
• Japan - den-den daiko
• Thailand - ?

Badagnani (talk) 18:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)