Music began with man banging an object like a drum.
The discovery of different rhythms through the drum beat started the history of music.
Drum of some sort are found in every country of the world.
Through the music of the drum, one can almost see and feel the faces of people, different customs and their history.
The history of Taiko, Japanese Drumming, goes back centuries.
It began in religious ceremonies, in the Shrines and changed throughout the years.
Drums were used in festivals to pray for rain and crops, even by soldiers in the battlefield. Since the ancient times, people expressed the sounds of nature, such as wind, water, fire, and so on, with Taiko.
Matsuriza (a leading Taiko group in Japan) migrated from Sukeroku-daiko and is influenced by leader Yoshihisa Ishikura of Kanto-abare-daiko.
Playing traditional music as well as self composed arrangements, they
have performed in Walt Disney World and various countries for
cultural events.
Now Matsuriza has decided to stay in Orlando FL to
continue sharing Taiko music with vast audiences.
