(CNN)In the modern world it's easy to lose touch with your roots. That's as true for Zulus as anyone else. Take the students at Goede Hoop, a primary school 30 minutes outside of Johannesburg. Some of the girls here are Zulu, but they've never set foot in the Zulu kingdom. Their connection with their heritage is often limited. However they're welcoming an ancient Zulu instrument into their lives. What they've found is a cultural touchstone to their past -- and a path to international success.
"It's like someone wants to get in to the rugby or the cricket team. It's a very exciting instrument." The festival culminates in a performance by all participating musicians to a specially written by Lithgow. It was a special moment not lost on steelpan jazz pioneer and festival adjudicator Andy Narell: "To see 1,600 kids performing, playing marimbas, playing steelpans, playing drums and djembes and percussion and singing and dancing and mixing up other kinds of instruments and kind of a whole joyous display of just ensemble music... it's just really one of the highest experiences of my life."
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