The Invention of the Steel Pan Drum | The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago

The steel pan drum is geniously contrived from an industrial oil drum.

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  • Clip length: 2'45''
  • Broadcast year: 2004
Curriculum Connection
  • Music | World Music Traditions | Trinidad
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  • Provider: BBC
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Programme: The World About Us: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Series: The World About Us
  • Episode: King Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago
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