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The slit-gong card, set to cedar and ceremonial use, stands in for the log drum and the hand-drum card for the frame drums.", "recipe": "classic late-1960s kwakwaka'wakw potlatch songs, ritual Devotional, indigenous branch. group vocals, single lead single track no stacking. low mid rich spectrum responsive cedar pacific slit gong, hand drum source unspecified. field recording. 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