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'Dirigo' - The Maine Lambeg Drum

The State of Maine, USA celebrated its bicentennial in 2020 and in recognition of the close partnership the Ulster-Scots Agency has with our friends in the Maine Ulster-Scots Project, we commissioned an instrument unique to Ulster – a Lambeg drum. The Lambeg drum is unique to Ulster and is one of the largest (and loudest) percussion instruments in the world. It is a goat skin drum which is tensioned using ropes and played with cane sticks. The rhythms or 'times' are complex, passed down aurally in communities. It is often accompanied by traditional wooden fifes. Each drum is custom-made by one of a small number of skilled artisans in Ulster. Drum making skills are often passed down through families. The drum was painted with traditional images that celebrate shared history and links between Ulster and Maine in the United States of America. This short film tells the story of the Lambeg 'Dirigo'. The drum will be used in Maine to help raise awareness about Ulster-Scots history and heritage. As well as being a unique display piece we hope that the drum will be played in Maine, sharing the rhythms of Ulster with our transatlantic kinfolk. Keeping with the tradition of naming Lambeg drums, the ‘Maine Drum’ is named ‘Dirigo’ (‘I Lead), the motto of the State of Maine.