Students Become Taiko masters!
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Our students visited the Taiko Lab to learn about the traditional Japanese drum called the "Wadaiko". They learned that it was used in the olden times to pray for rain to help the harvest. Nowadays, it is played during festivals, and our students had the opportunity to learn how to play them!
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