{"id":4495,"date":"2016-12-08T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T09:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2016-12-08T09:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T09:02:21","slug":"antime-baranshakaje-famous-burundi-drummer-calls-for-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/antime-baranshakaje-famous-burundi-drummer-calls-for-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Antime Baranshakaje, famous Burundi drummer calls for assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The life of the most popular drummer in Burundi, Antime Baranshakaje, is in danger. He broke his leg in a motorbike accident two months ago. He can\u2019t walk anymore and needs help to undergo an operation whose cost is estimated at BIF 15 million. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Antime Baranshakaje before and after his leg got broken<\/p><\/div>\n

Antime Baranshakaje, 81, is very sick and cannot walk by himself. He suffers a badly fractured thigh due to a motorcycle accident. \u201cI was coming from my daily work at Gishora attractive site when I got an accident. It\u2019s been two months I can\u2019t walk. I urgently need support\u201d, says Antime Baranshakaje.<\/p>\n

Baranshakaje says he has gone to different hospitals for treatment but in vain. \u201cDoctors suggested that I must undergo a surgery abroad. I need fifteen million Burundian Francs to be treated\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Baranshakaje says he has already received promises notably from the Secretary General of the ruling party and other people. \u201cI know that it is difficult to have such money but I hope people will sympathize with me\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Under the initiative of SOS Media, two bank accounts have been opened at BANCOBU bank to raise funds for Antime\u2019s operation overseas:
\n– BIF bank account: 00456220101-65;
\n– Account in USD: 00456220201-56
\nThe accounts\u2019 owners are Mbahonankwa Assoumpta (his eldest daughter) and HABIMANA Ariane (his niece)<\/div>\n

Speciose Baramfitiye, spouse of Baranshakaje says her husband needs to be assisted given that he has served the country for many years. \u201cHe is terribly sick and needs urgent treatment\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

Contacted, Jean Bosco Hitimana, Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, says he plans to visit the famous drummer at Gishora Commune to identify all the needs for his treatment for further help.<\/p>\n

Antime Baranshakaje is known for the promotion of the Burundi drum. He lives in Gishora Commune of Gitega central Province.<\/p>\n

He is mostly known for his role to protect \u201d Ruciteme \u201d and \u201d Murimirwa \u201c, two drums made of the skin of two cows that King Mwezi Gisabo offered to farmer Nyabidaha.<\/p>\n

Antime Baranshakaje looked after the sacred drums (in addition to Karyenda, symbol of the monarchy) which were beaten on the occasion of the great festival of sowing, \u201cumuganuro.\u201d Today, they are all jealously guarded and lie on a soft bed, one next to the other as husband and wife.
\nOn 26 November 2015, UNESCO declared Burundi royal drum dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The life of the most popular drummer in Burundi, Antime Baranshakaje, is in danger. He broke his leg in a motorbike accident two months ago. He can\u2019t walk anymore and needs help to undergo an operation whose cost is estimated at BIF 15 million. Antime Baranshakaje, 81, is very sick and cannot walk by himself. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,670],"tags":[905,735],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4496,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4495\/revisions\/4496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}