In Brazil, membranes for sacred drums are made from the skins of ritually sacrificed animals, and new instruments are customarily baptized, preferably with “holy ” water from a Catholic Church.
Brasiilias tehakse pühade trummide kile rituaalselt ohverdatud looma nahast ning uued pillid tavaliselt ristitakse eelistatavalt katoliku kiriku „püha ” veega.