With beats and rhythms like this, how can you keep from tapping your feet?

The Music

Check out TRJE at the recording studio: (YouTube)

You can also listen to a selection from our second CD, Honoring the Tradition. This song is called Mamaya — meaning a stately dance performed in a club or group one belongs to. In this song, male and female dancers express their beauty while dancing in two circles (men in an outer circle and females in an inner circle).

TRJE in action:

TRJE 2006-2007 apprentice Bruce Woods explaining the family of drums:

The Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble is an educational outreach forum. The Fort Wayne Dance Collective acts as its fiscal agent.

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