In the small courtyard of a temple which was coloured green and red, it was packed with people sitting closely on the floor, marijuana was passed around for people to smoke, the atmosphere was charged with strangeness.
When we came in, two men first playing drums. Then one black shirt guy playing saxaphone. The Gongasain brothers camein at about 10pm, started playing big drums which were hang around their necks. The elder brother was huge in size, like a giant, with long hair, wearing a black and white patterned long shirt. They played drums in synchronize, the right stick was straight and smaller, so it was lighter when hitting the drum. The left one was shaped like a hook, giving out a lower but forceful sound. At the peak of the event, 7-8 people went to the centre of courtyard started to dance in to a trance like state, shaking their heads, stomping their feet, one's feet tied with a lot of rings, giving out rhythms of sound while dancing. Then some started to spin, crowds would shout "la lit pa", "yer le la" to call their spirits back, the elder brother started to spin with drum. The whole process went on several times, finally stopped at 01:30.
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