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Boreal Saga Play

by The Boreal Times · Duna Press Editions
Game

The noaidi's drum

Game: listen to the noaidi's drum rhythm and repeat it in the same tempo.

Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.

How to play

Listen to the rhythm and repeat it by tapping the screen (or Space) in the same tempo, with short and long beats. Get five rhythms right, with at most two mistakes.

The story behind it

The noaidi, shamans of the Sámi people, used decorated skin drums. The rhythms in the game are made up and do not reproduce rituals. Read the story in The Sámi noaidi and the drum: what missionaries recorded and what museums still keep.