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  2. Maraca - Wikipedia

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    It was used at their dances and to heal the sick. [4] Andean curanderos (healers) use maracas in their healing rites. [5] Modern maraca balls are also made of leather, wood or plastic. [6] A maraca player in Spanish is a maraquero. [7] [8]

  3. Rattle (percussion instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Rattle from Papua New Guinea, made from leaves, seeds and coconut shell, to be tied around a dancer's ankle Maracas from Mexico Rattles from Pompeii. A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken. Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1). [1] According to ...

  4. Rara music - Wikipedia

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    Rara is a form of festival music that originated in Haiti that is used for street processions, typically during Easter Week.The music centers on a set of cylindrical bamboo trumpets called vaksin, but also features drums, maracas, güiras or güiros (a percussion instrument), and metal bells, as well as alsos which are made from recycled metal, often coffee cans.

  5. List of national instruments (music) - Wikipedia

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    Use of goatskins in constructing the bag, similar to the common use of other goat-terms for bagpipes in other nations 422.112.2-62 + 422.221.1-621 Azerbaijan: balaban [16] [17] Set of cylindrical shawm-like instruments, with an air reservoir like a bagpipe: 422.121-62 Baganda peoples of Uganda: endongo [18]

  6. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    A similar-sounding alternative is often used due to the weight of the blacksmith's anvil [2] Apito: Brazil Unpitched 421.221.11 Aerophone Also known as samba whistle. Some apitos produce up to three different tones, but none of these is normally used as a pitched note. [3] [failed verification] Ashiko: Yoruba Unpitched 211.251.1 Membranophone ...

  7. Parang - Wikipedia

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    Popular parang instruments include the Venezuelan cuatro (a small, four-string guitar) and maracas (locally known as chac-chacs). Other instruments often used are violin , guitar , claves (locally known as toc-toc ), box bass (an indigenous instrument), tambourine , mandolin , bandol , caja (a percussive box instrument), and marimbola (an Afro ...

  8. 13 Foods Banned in Other Countries (but Not Here) - AOL

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    1. Ritz Crackers. Wouldn't ya know, a cracker that's all the rage in America is considered an outrage abroad. Ritz crackers are outlawed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom ...

  9. Gourd - Wikipedia

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    Maracas are percussion instruments often made from gourds. A sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, parts of which are made from gourds. African percussion instruments are made incorporating gourds, including the shekere, axatse, balafon, and caxixi. Salakot, a traditional headgear of the Philippines which can be made from the bottle gourd