[UA] Authentic Shamanism

[nick wedig]

> 1) Cut wood from a sengi (fir) tree. This must be done on the "Jaguar
> Birth 
> Day".
> 2) Fashion this wood into the rim of your drum (the internal bracing
> can be 
> made of whatever you like).
> 3) Strengthen the outside of the rim with wicker banding.
> 4) To make the skin, use only the skin of an old goat that has been
> killed 
> by a leopard or jaguar.
> 5) Affix small tuft of hair to rim to act as a tail. This tail must
> be at 
> the bottom of the drum when it is played.

Just a thought: to make this more or less postmodern, relace the jaguar
in the ritual with the car jaguar (ie, the goat must have been killed
by being hit by said car, the "Jaguar Birth Day" refers to the day the
car was bought, or the anniverasary of the jaguar appearing on the
market, or the release date of Apple's Mac OS 10.2).  You know, to keep
the urban shaman guy from PoMoMa happy.

Mr. Teapot
keeping away evil spirits

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