After their cake, the children went into the prenda, brought out the drums, and began playing for Elegua. These children have been drumming since they were about 3 or 4 years old (see the “Teaching the Children” photo gallery), and they never miss an occasion to practice or play, whether it’s for a ceremony in front of the prenda, the initiation of a new priest, a matanzas (throughout which the drums are usually played), or a tambor.