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Ubaka Hill, the driving force behind the initiative to collect 1 million women to plant a tree each

Ubaka Hill (photo: Isaac Hernandez)

Ubaka Hil l drum as he hugs hugs a tree, or as he cradles a child ... " Herein lies the pulsation of life, the vibration felt from the womb and then connect with an amazing and magical way."

One woman, a drum, a tree ... It is the "tam tam" in this particular African American looking affable and hypnotic voice, which aspires to bring together a million women "drummers" by 2013, the date set for the large assembly of rhythm: The Million Women Drummers Gathering. Interview

" Where do the drums? " was the paramount question was Ubaka Hill, an admirer of Wangari Maathai , desirous of uniting art, spirituality and environmental activism. " Where are the violins, pianos and guitars? do not have to look far, provided we have a tree in sight.

"The idea is that simple: every woman you touch a drum is committed to planting a tree," explains

Ubaka. " is a way of giving something in return for everything we receive from nature . All instrumentalists "work" with the wood and we must be extremely grateful for the trees "...

"There was a time when men and women went to the forest with the reverence they deserve places" sacred. " Asked permission to trees to be cut. There was a "trade" today does not exist. Today cut down without conscience, prefer not to think about the effects of our ACTIONS . We are totally disconnected from the cycle of life. "

African and Latin rhythms, jazz, foclore American and Celtic music converge on the expressive hands Ubaka, who seem to speak for themselves when stroke, shaken or hit the skin membrane .. . "The drum is common to all ancient cultures, but for some reason we women were excluded. "Girls do not play drums" ("Girls do not touch the tamnbor" ), I said small, in my home in New Jersey. "

At age 17, Ubaka finally gave vent to his passion is still there, outnumbered and 50, alternating performances with his group "multicultural" The Shapeshifters , with seminars that connect the drum to spirituality and attended by mostly women ...

"Women and girls really are touch and feel. The rhythm resonates in a special way on them, form circles, that removes the social, economic or ethnic, they discover a power that comes from within and connects to everything around us. We became forces transformation. "

In this walk Ubaka, spinning webs, forming local groups, dreaming of the day of the great "drumming" global ... " The vibration of a million women playing the drums resonate in the heart of Mother Earth and all the world's women . Collectively raise our consciousness and will also have the satisfaction of having planted enough trees to ensure that the music go to the next generation. "

(source: ELMUNDO.es (Blog The Green Route) )