It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Month, so we’re putting the spotlight on professional taiko player and teacher Tiffany Tamaribuchi and several members of her Taiko Dan dojo. As a child, the Sacramento native was captivated by the Japanese folk music and the big drum that kept a steady beat as people danced at the Placer Buddhist Church during Obon, the Japanese festival honoring one’s ancestors. She clearly remembers being told she could not play the drum because of her gender, but she didn’t let that stop her.

“After decades of only men doing Obon dance drumming, I'm the first woman in Sacramento to be the Obon dance drummer,” Tamaribuchi says, recalling the many years she dedicated to observing, learning and patiently waiting to be given the honor. “The traditions are changing. Here I am.”

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