In UKEWEWE, among all the instruments we use to make our Seed Music there is a very special one that connects us in a unique way: The Panhuehuetl. Shamanic drum of which I want to share some concepts necessary for you to know the essence of Ukewewe and its mission in this life.
Exploring the web, I came across the following text that surprised me and I very much liked, so I will transcribe it practically in its entirety. It belongs to this Community of Ritualistics and Mexika Science.
The Magic of Huéhuetl and Panhuéhuetl
"Our universe is full of beats, sounds and rhythms that mark our life and its development. The first sound we all hear is the heartbeat of our mother. We all vibrate and have rhythm: the earth, the tides, the four seasons, the moon. Also, our body has a rhythm: the heartbeat, the brain waves, the breath.
All the Anahuac peoples discovered the sound of the universe within us and nature and decided to represent these sounds through development instruments in different ways to be able to communicate with the great energy of creation. One of the most emblematic instruments of the Mexihkas is to date the HUÉHUETL, which in the Nahuatl language has the definition "the old man" (huehue = old man, tl = noun), or the venerable, since Mesoamerican cultures revered and respected people old women for their wisdom, and their sound represents the beating of the heart of mother earth.
Our wise Mexihka grandparents say that when we play the huéhuetl, whether we are conscious or not, our entire being is enveloped and awake, manifesting feelings of creative expression, healing and connection. Our spirit wants to play, experience healing, communion. The sound of the drum is like the sound of the heart. The beat of the drum is within us and to bring it out is to externalize our emotion and connection with the earth. The drum is associated with the earth element.
In recent years, the first research has been carried out that shows that drumming helps to strengthen the body's natural immunity system. It is even mentioned that playing is a useful booster for the body, analogous to laughter, effective in relieving everything from stress to having a positive influence on cancer patients. The percussions and the harmony of the drum, made the activity of the defensive cells that fight cancer and viral diseases, thus also produces a reaction that eliminates stress.
The hand drum, the PANHUÉHUETL, has been used since ancient times by various cultures around the world. Its functions are diverse, the same is used to call and converse with the energies with which we are connected, as an instrument to heal a people or their environment and as a means to enter states of shamanic consciousness.
The panhuéhuetl and its rhythmic sound are considered as the horse through which the shaman travels to other realities. But when he plays his drum for a collective trip, then it is said that it is a ship, a raft, guided by the shaman towards the unknown, towards the world of spirits.
The panhuéhuetl, the shamanic drum, is also usually engaged in various activities, one of them is in the temazcal, where it is conducive to perceive through the sound of the drum, the state of health of a person, and even when it comes to pollution disorders in his luminous egg, they can be swept by the sound of the drum.
The sound of the drum(...), is the sound of the heart of the Cosmic Mother, it indicates that we are still in the process of development, we are being gestated. The sound of the drum in our particular case connects us with the heart of Mother Earth, induces us to altered states of consciousness, to find answers, solutions, to create changes at will, to give birth to new realities, all through a wood and leather instrument that offers a universe of infinite possibilities when struck.
The video includes the two Panhuehuetls built by us, and recorded in 
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