The beat of a heart
Mar. 7th, 2004 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lucoI'm in love....
Went down to "Haru Matsuri" at the Japenese Cultural Centre with Rob and Toth to day like I said I would....but i honestly wasn't sure I would fully enjoy it.
I was wrong.
First off, as soon as we got in we came face to face with a full display of the armor and costumes complete with artist's drawings from the Last Samurai. And I didn't have my camera dammit!!
And then, I enjoyed all the sights as well as the martial art displays(my favourite was the Naginata) But just as we were heading over to eat, a drum beat started, one that flowed through the floor and echoed in your body.
I was caught.
Moving over to the little stage area I saw these huge drums set up, five people in position to play and then another beat was sounded. Then the real song began. I'm told it was called Taiko what they were doing and I'll have to figure out more later cause it caught and held me. Beautiful to watch as well as listen. Moving to see the way they played, arms creating a dance and rythmn to match and balance the beat of the drums. The powerful sound that sounded through you, entering a place inside you doidn't know could exist.
I didn't want it to end.
The feeling pounded through me, the beat called to me and their movements, the energy they poured forth was addicting. It could be as soft as a caress, as powerful as a blow, and all performed in a way to take you to another world, away from everything around you...
I wish it had never ended, but it did.
And now I can't wait to heat it again, even if I must wait a whole year to do so.
Went down to "Haru Matsuri" at the Japenese Cultural Centre with Rob and Toth to day like I said I would....but i honestly wasn't sure I would fully enjoy it.
I was wrong.
First off, as soon as we got in we came face to face with a full display of the armor and costumes complete with artist's drawings from the Last Samurai. And I didn't have my camera dammit!!
And then, I enjoyed all the sights as well as the martial art displays(my favourite was the Naginata) But just as we were heading over to eat, a drum beat started, one that flowed through the floor and echoed in your body.
I was caught.
Moving over to the little stage area I saw these huge drums set up, five people in position to play and then another beat was sounded. Then the real song began. I'm told it was called Taiko what they were doing and I'll have to figure out more later cause it caught and held me. Beautiful to watch as well as listen. Moving to see the way they played, arms creating a dance and rythmn to match and balance the beat of the drums. The powerful sound that sounded through you, entering a place inside you doidn't know could exist.
I didn't want it to end.
The feeling pounded through me, the beat called to me and their movements, the energy they poured forth was addicting. It could be as soft as a caress, as powerful as a blow, and all performed in a way to take you to another world, away from everything around you...
I wish it had never ended, but it did.
And now I can't wait to heat it again, even if I must wait a whole year to do so.
