Fontomfrom
Sign in to saveFontomfrom is a Bono type of hourglass-shaped drum mostly used in a royal music ensemble of Bono people in order to relay Bono monarchy messages within a Bono people ethnic group setting. The Fontomfrom ensemble provides music for ceremonies honoring Bono chiefs and Bono monarchy royal processions. The Fontomfrom is also used to recite proverbs or replicate patterns of speech at most Bono monarchy royal gatherings or a Bono monarchy royal durbar.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- drum
- Subclass of
- musical instrument
- Country
- Ghana
- Located in
- Bono Region
- Material used
- hide
- Creator
- Brong people
- Location
- Bono Region
- Image
- Fontomfrom-Orchester EthnM Berlin.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Music
- Commons category
- Fontomfrom
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Fontomfrom is a Bono type of hourglass-shaped drum mostly used in a royal music ensemble of Bono people in order to relay Bono monarchy messages within a Bono people ethnic group setting. The Fontomfrom ensemble provides music for ceremonies honoring Bono chiefs and Bono monarchy royal processions. The Fontomfrom is also used to recite proverbs or replicate patterns of speech at most Bono monarchy royal gatherings or a Bono monarchy royal durbar.
The Fontomfrom evolved from the popular hourglass-shaped drum (talking drum) of the 7th century. Shortly after the evolution, a few more non-hourglass shapes such as the Dunan, Sangban, Kenkeni and Ngoma drums were produced.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fontomfrom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.