Musicians drumming at Anata Andina harvest festival, Carnival, Oruro, Bolivia, South America

The hsaing waing, a traditional Burmese folk musical ensemble, Festival of Ko Myo Shin, one of the most important nats (spirits) of the national pantheon, Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo), Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The hsaing waing, a traditional Burmese folk musical ensemble, Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo), Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Musicans playing drums at Oruro Carnival, Oruro, Bolivia, South America

Buddhist sacred texts and a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Phare Ponleu Selpak music school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monk playing on a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Fo Guang Shan Temple, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Percussion players at a welcoming performance of Gajah Krumpyung (fake elephant and traditional music instrument), Sondakan district, Solo (Surakarta), Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Drum band in Kpalime, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Drum and percussion music for the traditional Chinese New Year Lion Dance, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Musicians playing at Anata Andina harvest festival, Carnival, Oruro, Bolivia, South America

Monk at Buddhist ceremony, playing on a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Chua Tu An Buddhist temple, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Drum and percussion music for the traditional Chinese New Year Lion Dance, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist ceremony at temple, monk playing on a wooden fish (percussion instrument), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Pandeiro, a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Cyclist, percussion player, UNESCO World Heritage site, Trinidad, Region of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Central America

Inuit Female of the Koryaks peoples in native clothes playing drums, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

Inuits Male and Female of the Koryaks peoples in native clothes playing drums, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

04/04/2009. Live music by the beach in Bahia dos Gatos. Man playing acoustic box, percussion, Mindelo, Sao Vicente Island Of the Cape Verde Islands. Mindelo, Baia Das Gates, Sao Vicente Island. Cape Verde Islands

Drummers playing traditional drums

Teacher and girls playing bongos and tambourines in classroom

Caucasian mother and baby son playing with toys on floor

Caucasian brother and sister sitting on brick wall with toys

Men and boys playing percussions, Voudoun ceremony, Agbanakin, Togo

Men and boys playing percussions, Voudoun ceremony, Agbanakin, Togo

Live musik in the pedestrian area of Liverpool, England

stage band with guitarist vocalist

Drummer in traditional costume, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Chiropractor using massage gun on patient leg, Physiotherapist using massage gun to relieve muscle pain, Percussion or vibration therapy. Physiotherapist using massage gun on patient

Ethnic drums also called atabaques on the streets of Pelourinho, the historic center of the city of Salvador in Bahia, Brasil

Musician playing a rudimentary percursion instrument called atabaque during afro-brazilian capoeira cultural manifestation, Brasil

Drummer playing his instrument during carnival celebrations in the streets of Brazil, Brasil

Percussionist playing a rustic and rudimentary percursion instrument atabaque during afro-brazilian cultural manifestation, Brasil

Musicians playing an Afro Brazilian percussion musical instrument called a berimbau during a capoeira performance in the streets of Brazil, Brasil

Woman playing a type of rattle called xereque of African origin used in the streets of Brazil during samba performances at carnival, Brasil

Brazilian samba performance with musician playing tambourine in the streets of Pelourinho, city of Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Ethnic drums also called atabaques on the streets of Pelourinho, the historic center of the city of Salvador in Bahia, Brasil

Drummer at the parade to the Loisachgau folklore festival, Neufahrn, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Dum player and other instrumentalists during a Brazilian samba performance at the carnival, Brasil

Percussionist playing a rudimentary atabaque during afro-brazilian cultural manifestation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Drum and helmet of Napoleonic troops, in 1808, at a historic celebration in Gengenbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Gong in Lamayuru Gompa (Tibetan Buddhist monastery) . Ladakh, India, Asia

Metal rattle during street carnival festivities in Brazil, Brasil

Percussion instruments with colorful wall

Several drummers with their musical instruments in the Carnival celebrations in the streets of Brazil, Brasil

Drum set

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

Every Friday dervishes gather an hour before sunset in front of Sheikh Hamed al-Nil tomb in Omdurman, Sudan to perform a ritual called Zikr (Dhikr). The ceremony starts chanting words of gratitude to the Prophet Mohammed. The audience interacts with the chanters, dancing to the rhythms of the percussion instruments. The dervishes start whirling around. The music, the fragrance of burning incense, the endless repetition of religious chants creates a state of ecstasy, a kind of trance in which human soul is believed to communicate directly with God.

Kenny Endo performing on the Taiko, a traditional Japanese drum at the Powell Street Festival in Woodland Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kenny Endo performing on the Taiko, a traditional Japanese drum at the Powell Street Festival in Woodland Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Manggarai women playing percussion instruments, Melo village, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Asian monks playing instruments on temple floor, Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

Drummer hands above drum set

Brazil, Bahia, Salvador De Bahia, Rattles hanging against wall, close-up

National gallery of art

National gallery of art