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Meanings of beat drums in inglês

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Usage of beat drums in inglês
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Africans' Shango religion beat drums to help them tolerate the inhumanity of slavery.
Radio NZ
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At sunrise they hoisted the English colors and beat drums.
The Story of Commodore John Barry
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Men hunted game, women laughed for joy; they beat drums, they danced, they sang.
The Eternal Maiden
4
They would have beat drums and danced for her.
Dagmar's daughter
5
Around the quadriga ran men who shook thyrses ornamented with ribbons; others beat drums; others scattered flowers.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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She too had poetry at her command, knew words that sang and were spells and beat drums.
Brave New World
7
More priests held smoking incense burners, tinkled bells, beat drums, or scattered rose petals upon the ground.
Shinjū
8
Then they beat drums and danced.
The Eternal Maiden
9
Rex Tilousi, a former tribal chairman, sang songs in the Havasupai language as others beat drums and danced.
The Guardian
10
They ran errands for warriors and the largest were allowed to beat drums as they formed for battle.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
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Protesters chanted slogans against the ruling party as the Putin loyalists beat drums and chanted "Putin, Russia".
BBC
12
He's like one of those men who beat drums outside tents in a fair...
The Captives
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It stood in a shed, and the Balonda pray and beat drums before it all night in cases of sickness.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
14
And nearer, in an igloo where the men beat drums and danced, she heard the voice of Maisanguaq laughing evilly.
The Eternal Maiden
15
Young artists beat drums and played bagpipes and flutes as the Dalai Lama arrived at his temple to meet his followers.
The Irish Times
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Several sit and beat drums or play on slender wood flutes, and the dancers add their own rhythm with their bodies.
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