ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bronze drum

So have you ever seen a metal pot before? A bronze drum is kind of like a fancy version of that pot, but it's made out of a special metal called bronze, which makes it sound really cool when you hit it!

People have been making bronze drums for a really long time, even before your mommy and daddy were born. They would use special tools to melt the bronze down and pour it into a mold, kind of like how you pour cake batter into a pan when you're making a cake.

Once the bronze cooled down and became hard, they would take it out of the mold and decorate it with all kinds of cool designs and symbols. Sometimes they would even carve pictures into the bronze with special tools!

When they were all finished making the bronze drum, they would use it to make music. You see, when you hit the drum with a stick, it makes a really loud sound that can travel really far. People would play the drum for all kinds of different reasons, like celebrating important events or scaring away bad spirits.

And that, my little friend, is what a bronze drum is!
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