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A Fijian drummer with a 'lali'

Fiji, A Fijian drummer with a 'lali'A Fijian man wearing a 'sulu' (wraparound skirt) stands over a traditional 'lali' (drum), holding a bottle-shaped wooden drumstick in each hand. Caption reads: The Fijian 'Lali' - a wooden drum made from a log hollowed like a trough - was used in ancient times to call warriors to a feast or to battle. When beaten with wooden mallets may be heard for many miles. Today it is used to call worshippers to church or elders to a village meeting, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/60.
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Title: A Fijian drummer with a 'lali'
Caption: Fiji, A Fijian drummer with a 'lali'A Fijian man wearing a 'sulu' (wraparound skirt) stands over a traditional 'lali' (drum), holding a bottle-shaped wooden drumstick in each hand. Caption reads: The Fijian 'Lali' - a wooden drum made from a log hollowed like a trough - was used in ancient times to call warriors to a feast or to battle. When beaten with wooden mallets may be heard for many miles. Today it is used to call worshippers to church or elders to a village meeting, 1965. 2005/010/1/14/60.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Bristol Archives/UIG
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Image size: 4614 × 3586 px | 47.3 MB
Print size: 39.1 × 30.4 cm | 1816.5 × 1411.8 in (300 dpi)
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