Cora Butt has been making her own hand drums for the past decade. (Cherie Wheeler/CBC - image credit)Cherie Wheeler/CBCEvery fall Cora Butt, a Mi'kmaw woman from Stephenville Crossing, N.L., turns her backyard into an unusual sort of workshop. In a few days these hides will be transformed from something visceral to something special: a hand drum. Story continues"When we started out first, we didn't know nothing," said Wendell Butt. The couple and their drums have come a long way since those early days, so much so that Cora Butt now teaches drum-making workshops to others.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2021 16:56 UTC