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The Handpan + a Digeridoo = Cultural Appropriation x 2
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The steelpan via the hang/handpan is not the only sacred, cultural institution of an instrument that has been co-opted, colonized and corrupted by Europeans on a wide scale. As I have discussed this particular matter in previous blog posts as it pertains to the handpan, I will add another example which proves my point about the erroneous sense of entitlement that most people of European descent have when it comes to culturally misappropriating the sacred cultural institutions of indigenous cultures globally. The digeridoo/yidaki comes immediately to mind as an instrument that is intimately connected to the the handpan community at...