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DRUMHEAD CEREMONY [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
DEF

... a battlefield service in which drums in the shape of a pyramid form an altar and are draped in colours.

CONT

In past centuries, religious worship on the battlefield often took place as a 'Drumhead Ceremony'. Soldiers would parade on three sides of a hollow square. On the fourth side, drummers would pile their drums in the shape of a pyramid to make an altar, draped with regimental colours.

Key term(s)
  • drum-head ceremony

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)

Spanish

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