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Getting back to the roots of the cajon.
Inspiration for the "Primal" line of Cajongo cajons.
The roots of the cajon go back to the days of slave labor.
African slaves had their
Congas and tribal drums they had fashioned taken away by the slave owners in fear that the drums and their spirtual rituals
were giving the slaves power and therefore possibly overpower them. The suppressive slave owners could never take away the desire to communicate and create in a spiritual nature
through drumming. The slaves, on their own time or when the boss was not around, would use the boxes (Cajons) for
packing & shipping to play the spiritual rhythms from the home land in place of the drums they were forbiden to have.
This is where the modern day cajon evolved from.
Thus the use of pine lumber commonly used to
make shipping & packing crates to create the "Primal" line of "Cajongo" cajons.
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| Solid pine chambered shell, divided face & flat back. |
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| The flat undivided back makes it two drums in one! |
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