Rites of Thundering

This is sort of an odd post for this blog, but it definitely fits the description of artistic/cultural. My friend Carmen, who lives in Seattle, sent me the link to this video recently because she's one of the participants (the video was made at a Japan in American concert in Seattle). She's banging the middle drum on the right and sits down at the 5:24 mark after her solo. She's a doctor in real life--I had no idea she also did this kind of thing.

Anyway, I'd never seen anything like this, and I thought it was cool. Carmen says her arms are still sore, and this demonstration was weeks ago. I got tired just watching it.