In Trinidad they donned axle grease and paint for the Carnival festivities, and Harry took lessons from a native on steel drums.

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This Ohio company, founded as a wooden barrel maker, makes steel drums, corrugated boxes, water bottles, rain barrels and basically every type of packaging you could think of.

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Fans blow conch shells, bang out a rhythm on steel brake-drums, and tote all-day liquid picnics of cold beer and rum.

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He darts between a network of steel pipes and drums, dumping fragrant ingredients such as cedar wood into a giant metal vat.

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They crouch behind plywood jails, sit on oil drums painted to look like horses and fire away at steel targets shaped like cowboys, cactuses, buffaloes or playing cards.

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The drums of the National Centre for Popular Music are being constructed from stainless steel by workers who have kept their clothes on.

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