eurasian-shamanism:Evenk shamaness heating her drum over fire. Photo by A. Slapins, 1975 Heating the
eurasian-shamanism: Evenk shamaness heating her drum over fire. Photo by A. Slapins, 1975 Heating the drum before use was necessary because the heat tightened the drum skin and changed its pitch. Basically, the shaman used the fire for tuning his/her drum. -- source link