Program: Activating Artifact with Client

Two kinds of clients engage in the situations that surround the use of the drum. One is the actual musician, who creates the beat physically with the drum, and the other is the deceased client, in which is believed to make use of the drum symbolically.

The burial ceremony is the event that harnesses the majority of individuals, taking place in a space that can serve the public. Attendees include musicians, dancers, other elites, family and friends of the deceased, and other villagers. The beat of the drum contributes to the sound of the celebration. The ceremony then transitions into the burial of the dead one. Those who gather for this task are present within the actual burial chamber, situated below the open gathering space. Family and close friends are present here, along with a priest and possibly the king/elites depending on who has died. The drum is left inside the chamber, stored with the spiritual intent of helping the dead one walk the right path in the afterlife. The chamber is then sealed and only the imagined space of the spiritual inhabiter is left in the minds of those who continue the journey of physical life.